Taoyuan Xiang
E843762
Taoyuan Xiang is a regional variety of the Xiang Chinese language spoken primarily in the Taoyuan area of Hunan Province, China.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese topolect
ⓘ
regional variety of Xiang Chinese ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Chinese dialects of Hunan ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | northwestern Hunan region around Taoyuan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | local dialect of Xiang Chinese ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Middle Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith | other Xiang Chinese varieties ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | analytic language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinction between voiced and voiceless initials reduced compared to Middle Chinese
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | coexists with Standard Mandarin in education and media ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticTrend | younger speakers increasingly bilingual in Mandarin ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | nearby Xiang Chinese lects (to varying degrees) ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Xiang Chinese) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sinitic
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Taoyuan County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taoyuan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Hunan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | inland Hunan ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Hunan Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taoyuan County, Hunan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | local Han Chinese population in Taoyuan area ⓘ |
| usesStandardLanguageForWriting | Standard Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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