Shuangfeng dialect

Shuangfeng dialect
Shuangfeng dialect
雙峰話
Native to	China
Region	Shuangfeng, Hunan province
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Xiang Old Xiang (Lou-Shao) Shuangfeng dialect; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	hsn-luo
Glottolog	None
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Shuangfeng dialect (simplified Chinese: 双峰话; traditional Chinese: 雙峰話; pinyin: shuāngfēng huà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province.

Phonetics and Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of the Shuangfeng dialect
		bilabial	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	retroflex	velar
nasal		m	n	ɲ		ŋ
plosives	voiced	b	d			ɡ
	voiceless unaspirated	p	t			k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	tʰ			kʰ
fricatives	voiced					ɣ
fricatives	voiceless		s	ɕ	ʂ	x
affricates	voiced		dz	dʑ	dʐ
	voiceless unaspirated		ts	tɕ	tʂ
	voiceless aspirated		tsʰ	tɕʰ	tʂʰ
lateral approximants			l

Vowels

Tones

Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. However, phonetically the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant, so that these are counted as five:

Tone chart of the Shuangfeng dialect
Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour	Description
1	yin ping (陰平)	˥ (55)	high
2	yang ping (陽平)	˨˧ (23)	low rising
3	shang sheng (上聲)	˨˩ (21)	low
4	yin qu (陰去)	˧˥ (35)	high rising
5	yang qu (陽去)	˧ (33)	mid

References

Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé chūbǎnshè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0-521-29653-6
Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-018366-8
Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)

External links

Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
Classification of Xiang Dialects from Glossika

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