Xiang dialect continuum

E842127

Chinese dialect group Sinitic language variety dialect continuum

The Xiang dialect continuum is a group of closely related Chinese varieties spoken mainly in Hunan and surrounding regions, forming a transitional linguistic zone within the Sinitic language family.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Xiang dialect continuum canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese dialect group ⓘ Sinitic language variety ⓘ dialect continuum ⓘ
branch	Sinitic NERFINISHED ⓘ
classifiedBy	Chinese dialectology ⓘ
coreArea	Xiang River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicRegion	central-southern China ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Hunan dialects ⓘ Hunanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCenter	Changsha NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	complex tone sandhi in many varieties ⓘ limited mutual intelligibility with Standard Mandarin ⓘ preservation of voiced obstruents in some varieties ⓘ significant internal dialectal diversity ⓘ
hasMajorVariety	Chang-Yi variety ⓘ Chen-Xu variety ⓘ Hengzhou variety ⓘ Lou-Shao variety ⓘ Loudi Xiang NERFINISHED ⓘ New Xiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Xiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStandardVariety	Changsha Xiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ Gan Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Min Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
isTransitionalBetween	Gan Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Xiang River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Guizhou province NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubei province NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunan province NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangxi province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan province NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Chinese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinitic dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinitic languages ⓘ
usedBy	Han Chinese population in Hunan ⓘ

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Chang-Yi dialect group → partOf → Xiang dialect continuum ⓘ