Shuangfeng dialect

The Shuangfeng dialect () is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province, China.

Phonology Consonants + Consonants of the Shuangfeng dialect  bilabial alveolar alveolo-palatal retroflex velarnasal   plosives voiced     voiceless unaspirated     voiceless aspirated     fricatives voiced         voiceless   affricates voiced     voiceless unaspirated     voiceless aspirated    lateral approximants        

Vowels +Vowels/Combinations of the Shuangfeng dialectOralNasalMedial∅codaaeiunŋ∅iNucleus∅VowelSyllabic

Tones Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. Phonetically, however, the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant so the tones 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

See also

Xiang Chinese List of Chinese dialects

References Běijīng dàxué zhōngguó yǔyán wénxué xì yǔyán xué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè.(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) Coblin, W. South. (2011). Comparative Phonology of the Central Xiāng Dialects. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. Norman, Jerry. (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè. (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