Shuangfeng dialect

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Shuangfeng dialect (traditional Chinese: 雙峰話; simplified Chinese: 双峰话; pinyin: shuāngfēng huà) is a dialect of the Xiang language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in Shuangfeng in the Hunan province.

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[edit] Classification

[edit] Geographic distribution

[edit] Dialects

[edit] Phonetics and Phonology

[edit] Consonants

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

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Monophthongs

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[edit] Diphthongs

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[edit] Syllable structure

[edit] Onsets

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[edit] Rimes

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[edit] Tones

[edit] Citation tones

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

[edit] Tone Sandhi

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[edit] Grammar

[edit] Morphology

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[edit] Syntax

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[edit] Vocabulary

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[edit] History

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[edit] Examples

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[edit] 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 0521296536
  • Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3110183668
  • 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.)

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