Xiang dialect continuum

E842127

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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect group ⓘ
Sinitic language variety ⓘ
dialect continuum ⓘ
branch Sinitic ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
classifiedBy Chinese dialectology ⓘ
coreArea Xiang River basin ⓘ
geographicRegion central-southern China ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hunan dialects ⓘ
Hunanese ⓘ
Xiang Chinese ⓘ
hasCenter Changsha ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Loudi

New Xiang ⓘ
Old Xiang ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Changsha Xiang ⓘ
linked to: Changsha
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Cantonese ⓘ
Gan Chinese ⓘ
Min Chinese ⓘ
Standard Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Standard Chinese

Wu Chinese ⓘ
isTransitionalBetween Gan Chinese ⓘ
Hakka Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Hakka

Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ
Yue Chinese ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
namedAfter Xiang River ⓘ
partOf Sino-Tibetan language family ⓘ
spokenIn China ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guizhou province ⓘ
linked to: Guizhou Province

Hubei province ⓘ
linked to: Hubei Province

Hunan province ⓘ
linked to: Hunan Province

Jiangxi province ⓘ
linked to: Jiangxi Province

Sichuan province ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province
subclassOf Chinese language ⓘ
Sinitic dialect continuum ⓘ
Sinitic languages ⓘ
usedBy Han Chinese population in Hunan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chang-Yi dialect group → partOf → Xiang dialect continuum ⓘ
Shuangfeng Old Xiang → partOf → Old Xiang Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Xiang dialect continuum
Anhua Xiang → partOf → Hunan Xiang dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Xiang dialect continuum
Shaoyang Old Xiang → partOf → Xiang dialect continuum ⓘ