Shaoyang Old Xiang

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Shaoyang Old Xiang is a regional variety of the Old Xiang branch of Chinese spoken in and around Shaoyang in Hunan Province.

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Shaoyang Old Xiang canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Old Xiang dialect
belongsToLinguisticTradition Sinitic languages
country China
differsFrom New Xiang varieties
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
geographicDistribution in and around Shaoyang city
hasAlternativeName Shaoyang Old Xiang dialect
hasAncestralLanguage Middle Chinese
Old Chinese
hasDialectGroup varieties spoken in Shaoyang rural areas
varieties spoken in and around Shaoyang urban area
hasLinguisticAncestor earlier Xiang Chinese stages
hasPhonologicalType tone language
isOralTradition primarily spoken, not standardized in writing
isSpokenBy Xiang-speaking Han Chinese in Shaoyang region
residents of Shaoyang
languageBranch Old Xiang
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageGroup Chinese topolects
languageStatus regional spoken variety
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
namedAfter Shaoyang
partOf Xiang dialect continuum
province Hunan Province
region south-central Hunan
sharesFeaturesWith other Old Xiang varieties
spokenIn China
Hunan Province
Shaoyang
subdivisionOf Chinese
Old Xiang
Xiang Chinese
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Old Xiang hasDialects Shaoyang Old Xiang