Old Xiang

<h2 id="dialects-and-regions">Dialects and regions</h2>
<p>The <a href="/facts/Shuangfeng_dialect/4XquKUmy">Shuangfeng dialect</a> is representative. 
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Subdialect</th><th>Main Counties</th></tr><tr><th>Xiang-Shuang</th><td><a href="/facts/Xiangtan/r0x5YYzR">Xiangtan</a>, <a href="/facts/Shuangfeng_County/A8qNT6xS">Shuangfeng</a>, <a href="/facts/Shaoshan/Wgpd0CvX">Shaoshan</a>, <a href="/facts/Loudi/AyTnwXU7">Urban Loudi</a>, <a href="/facts/Anhua/kzoWStQt">Anhua</a>*, <a href="/facts/Hengshan_County/K82oWYER">Hengshan</a>*</td></tr><tr><th>Lian-Mei</th><td><a href="/facts/Lianyuan/qo9xETmu">Lianyuan</a>, <a href="/facts/Lengshuijiang/UTw7DJEn">Lengshuijiang</a>*, <a href="/facts/Anhua/kzoWStQt">Anhua</a>, <a href="/facts/Ningxiang/klAYrlFJ">Ningxiang</a>*</td></tr><tr><th>Xinhua</th><td><a href="/facts/Xinhua_County/lqSjL03K">Xinhua</a>, <a href="/facts/Lengshuijiang/UTw7DJEn">Lengshuijiang</a></td></tr><tr><th>Shao-Wu</th><td><a href="/facts/Shaoyang/9TBVPFTF">Urban Shaoyang</a>, <a href="/facts/Wugang%2c_Hunan/ejhkNaeb">Wugang</a>, <a href="/facts/Shaodong/ynMRBMfQ">Shaodong</a>, <a href="/facts/Shaoyang_County/PAfLVPcI">Shaoyang County</a>, <a href="/facts/Xinshao/UkaI2QBH">Xinshao</a>, <a href="/facts/Longhui/e7yqWn6E">Longhui</a>*, <a href="/facts/Xinning_County%2c_Hunan/3V4loWto">Xinning</a>, <a href="/facts/Chengbu/jtpfxr8r">Chengbu</a>, <a href="/facts/Dongkou/MTqYM93P">Dongkou</a>*</td></tr><tr><th>Sui-Hui</th><td><a href="/facts/Suining/NLqbBrwq">Suining</a>*, <a href="/facts/Huitong/45SRkvJj">Huitong</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">*Small part of this territory is Hunanese-speaking.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>Laba Miao (喇叭苗话) is an Old Xiang dialect spoken by the Laba Miao people of western Guizhou. In Guizhou, it is spoken in <a href="/facts/Qinglong_County%2c_Guizhou/uybB3EHM">Qinglong County</a> 晴隆县 (including in Changliu Township 长流乡), <a href="/facts/Pu%2527an_County/I8MR29GE">Pu'an County</a> 普安县, <a href="/facts/Liuzhi_County/YYrvlXDP">Liuzhi County</a> 六枝县, <a href="/facts/Shuicheng_County/fzXzEA58">Shuicheng County</a>, 水城县, and <a href="/facts/Panzhou/a991Llk9">Panzhou</a> 盘州.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
</p><p>Matanghua (麻塘话) is a variety of Old Xiang that is spoken in Matang Ethnic Miao Township (麻塘苗族乡), <a href="/facts/Suining_County%2c_Hunan/44sJGYfo">Suining County, Hunan</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Li_Rong_(linguist)/L8Nkn8l8">Li, Rong</a> (2012), <i>中國語言地圖集</i> [<i>Language Atlas of China</i>] (in Chinese) (2 ed.), The Commercial Press, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-7-100-07054-6.</li></ul>
<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Zeng, Ting (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS002510031800035X">"The Xiangxiang dialect of Chinese"</a>. Illustrations of the IPA. <i>Journal of the International Phonetic Association</i>. 50 (2): 258–281. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS002510031800035X">10.1017/S002510031800035X</a>, with supplementary sound recordings.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Wu, Weijun 吴伟军 (2019). Guizhou Qinglong Changliu Laba Miaorenhua 贵州晴隆长流喇叭苗人话. Beijing: The Commercial Press. OCLC 1137079712. <a href="/wiki/The_Commercial_Press" target="_blank">/wiki/The_Commercial_Press</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Yang, Zaibiao 杨再彪. 2011. Húnán xībù sìzhŏng bīnwēi yŭyán diàochá: Tujiayu, Xiaozhang Miaoyu, Guanxia Pinghua, Matanghua 湖南西部四种濒危语言调查：土家语、小章苗语、关峡平话、麻塘话 [A survey of four endangered languages of western Hunan]. Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe 民族出版社. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Glottolog reference 324002. <a href="https://glottolog.org/resource/reference/id/324002" target="_blank">https://glottolog.org/resource/reference/id/324002</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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