衡州話 / 衡陽湘語

Xiang (Hengyang)

Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic, Xiang — 衡州片)

FamilySino-Tibetan (Sinitic, Xiang — 衡州片) Speakers~1.5M (Hengyang City, southwestern Hunan) ScriptLatin CountriesChina (Hunan — Hengyang 衡阳) Official inNo (regional; part of Hunan province, PRC)

RESEARCH STATUS: Hengyang (衡阳) Xiang is a sub-dialect within Old Xiang (老湘语), geographically centered in Hengyang City, southwestern Hunan. The existing hsn entry in wordmap_seo.json is based on New Xiang (Changsha-centered, 新湘语). Hengyang Xiang is more conservative, retaining more Middle Chinese features. IPA data for all 20 concepts listed below is PARTIALLY DOCUMENTED in published dialect surveys (especially Xiang dialect gazetteers / 湘語方言志) but INCOMPLETE for all forms. S [Provisional - limited documentation; pending native-speaker verification.]

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Xiang (Hengyang)

Water

/ɕyei˥˩/

Fire

/xo˥˩/

Sun

太陽

/tʰai˥˩ iaŋ˥˩/

Moon

月亮

/ye˨˩ liaŋ˥˩/

Mother

媽媽

/ma˥˩ ma˥˩/

Father

爸爸

/pa˨˩ pa˥˩/

Eat

/tɕʰi˨˩/

Drink

/xo˨˩/

Love

/ŋai˥˩/

Heart

/sin˥˩/

Tree

/ɕy˥˩/

House

屋里

/u˨˩ li˥˩/

Dog

/kəu˥˩/

Cat

/mau˥˩/

Hand

/ɕəu˥˩/

Eye

眼睛

/ŋan˥˩ tɕin˥˩/

Hello

你好

/nɪ˥˩ xau˥˩/

Thank you

謝謝

/ɕie˥˩ ɕie˥˩/

One

/i˨˩/

Good

/xau˥˩/

Words compared

Compared with related Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic, Xiang — 衡州片) languages

Meaning Xiang (Hengyang)Xiang (Hunan)Chengdu MandarinZhongyuan MandarinKunming MandarinWuhan MandarinHui Chinese (Wuyuan)
Water /ɕyei˥˩/ /ɕyei˦˩/ /suei˥˧/ /suei˥˥/ /suei˥˧/ /suei˨˩˧/ /ɕy˥˧/
Fire /xo˥˩/ /xo˦˩/ /xo˥˧/ /xuo˨˩˧/ /xo˥˧/ /huo˨˩˧/ /xu˥˧/
Sun 太陽 /tʰai˥˩ iaŋ˥˩/ 太阳 /tʰai˥˩ian˩˧/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩˧iaŋ˨˩/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩iaŋ˨˩˧/ 太阳 /tʰæ˨˩˨iaŋ˧˩/ 太阳 /tʰai˥˧iaŋ˨˩˧/ /—/
Moon 月亮 /ye˨˩ liaŋ˥˩/ 月亮 /ye˨˦liaŋ/ 月亮 /ye˨˩lia̠ŋ˨˩˧/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˦liaŋ/ 月亮 /ye˧˩liaŋ˨˩˨/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˩˧liaŋ/ 月光 /yo˧˩kuaŋ˧˥/
Mother 媽媽 /ma˥˩ ma˥˩/ 妈妈 /ma˧ma/ 妈妈 /ma˥ma/ 妈妈 /ma˨˦ma/ /ma˦˦/ 妈妈 /ma˨˩˧ma/ /ma˧˧/
Father 爸爸 /pa˨˩ pa˥˩/ 爸爸 /pa˥˧pa/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ /tie˦˦/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ /pa˥˧/
Eat /tɕʰi˨˩/ /tɕʰi˨˦/ /tsʰɿ˨˩/ /tʂʰʅ˨˦/ /tsʰʅ˦˦/ /tʂʰʅ˥˥/ /tɕʰi˧˥/
Drink /xo˨˩/ /xo˨˦/ /xo˨˩/ /xɤ˨˦/ /xo˦˦/ /xo˥˥/ /xa˧˥/
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Han readings compared

Compared with related Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic, Xiang — 衡州片) languages

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