Xiang dialect continuum

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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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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

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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