雙峰話

Old Xiang (Shuangfeng)

Sinitic (Xiang)

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An Old Xiang variety of Shuangfeng County, Loudi, Hunan—the conservative branch of Xiang Chinese that, like Wu, uniquely retains the Middle Chinese voiced obstruent series that the dominant New Xiang of Changsha devoiced; five tones, no entering-tone stop coda.

Where it is spoken

Han character readings in Old Xiang (Shuangfeng)

Character Meaning Reading Form IPA
one i /i˨˦/
two er /ɚ˨˩/
three san /san˧˧/
four si /sɿ˦˥/
five u /u˦˩/
six leu /ləu˨˦/
seven qi /tɕʰi˨˦/
eight pa /pa˨˦/
nine jieu /tɕiəu˦˩/
ten zhi /ʑɿ˨˦/
sun nyi /ɲi˨˦/
moon ye /ye˨˦/
mountain san /san˧˧/
water xyei /ɕyei˦˩/
fire xo /xo˦˩/
tree mu /mu˨˦/
soil thu /tʰu˦˩/
sky thien /tʰiẽ˧˧/
ground di /di˨˩/
sea xai /xai˦˩/
dragon len /lən˩˧/
tiger fu /fu˦˩/
dog qhyen /tɕʰyẽ˦˩/
horse ma /ma˦˩/
bird tiau /tiau˦˩/
fish ngy /ŋy˩˧/
ox nyiou /ɲiou˩˧/
sheep ian /ian˩˧/
cat mau /mau˧˧/
person in /in˩˧/
hand xieu /ɕiəu˦˩/
foot jy /tɕy˨˦/
eye mu /mu˨˦/
ear ng /ŋ̩˦˩/
mouth khou /kʰəu˦˩/
head deu /dəu˩˧/
heart sin /sin˧˧/
blood xye /ɕye˨˦/
meat reu /ʐəu˨˦/
up zhan /ʑan˨˩/
down ghia /ɣia˨˩/
middle ten /tən˧˧/
hit ten /tən˦˥/
center ian /ian˧˧/
left zo /tso˦˩/
right ieu /iəu˨˩/
east ten /tən˧˧/
西 west xi /ɕi˧˧/
south lan /lan˩˧/
north pe /pe˨˦/
go 文讀 ghin /ɣin˩˧/
白讀 ghan /ɣan˩˧/
row ghan /ɣan˩˧/
come lai /lai˩˧/
leave qhy /tɕʰy˦˥/
see jien /tɕiẽ˦˥/
hear uen /uən˩˧/
eat zhi /ʑɿ˨˦/
drink in /in˦˩/
run zeu /tsəu˦˩/
sit dzo /dzo˨˩/
stand li /li˨˦/

Sources

Han readings compared

Compared with related Sinitic (Xiang) languages

Character Old Xiang (Shuangfeng)Xiang (Hunan)Chongqing MandarinWuhan MandarinSichuan MandarinChengdu MandarinZhongyuan Mandarin
i /i˨˦/ i²⁴ /i˨˦/ yi²¹ /i˨˩/ yi²¹³ /i˨˩˧/ yi²¹ /i˨˩/ yi²¹ /i˨˩/ yi²⁴ /i˨˦/
er /ɚ˨˩/ er²¹ /ɚ˨˩/ er²¹⁴ /ɚ˨˩˦/ er³⁵ /ɚ˧˥/ er²¹³ /ɚ˨˩˧/ er²¹³ /ɚ˨˩˧/ er³¹² /ɚ˧˩˨/
san /san˧˧/ san³³ /san˧˧/ san⁵⁵ /san˥˥/ san⁵⁵ /san˥˥/ san⁵⁵ /san˥˥/ san⁵⁵ /san˥˥/ san²⁴ /san˨˦/
si /sɿ˦˥/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ si²¹⁴ /sɿ˨˩˦/ si³⁵ /sɿ˧˥/ si²¹³ /sɿ˨˩˧/ si²¹³ /sɿ˨˩˧/ si²⁴ /sɿ˨˦/
u /u˦˩/ u⁴¹ /u˦˩/ wu⁴² /u˦˨/ wu⁴² /u˦˨/ wu⁵³ /u˥˧/ wu⁵³ /u˥˧/ wu⁵³ /u˥˧/
leu /ləu˨˦/ leu²⁴ /ləu˨˦/ liu²¹ /liəu˨˩/ nou²¹³ /nəu˨˩˧/ neu²¹ /nəu˨˩/ nu²¹ /nu˨˩/ liu²⁴ /liu˨˦/
qi /tɕʰi˨˦/ qi²⁴ /tɕʰi˨˦/ qi²¹ /tɕʰi˨˩/ qi²¹³ /tɕʰi˨˩˧/ qi²¹ /tɕʰi˨˩/ qi²¹ /tɕʰi˨˩/ qi²⁴ /tɕʰi˨˦/
pa /pa˨˦/ pa²⁴ /pa˨˦/ ba²¹ /pa˨˩/ ba²¹³ /pa˨˩˧/ ba²¹ /pa˨˩/ ba²¹ /pa˨˩/ ba²⁴ /pa˨˦/
jieu /tɕiəu˦˩/ jieu⁴¹ /tɕiəu˦˩/ jiu⁴² /tɕiəu˦˨/ jiu⁴² /tɕiəu˦˨/ jiu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jiu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jiu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/
zhi /ʑɿ˨˦/ si²⁴ /sɿ˨˦/ si²¹ /sɿ˨˩/ si²¹³ /sɿ˨˩˧/ si²¹ /sɿ˨˩/ si²¹ /sɿ˨˩/ shi⁴² /ʂʐ̩˦˨/
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