Shuangfeng dialect
| Shuangfeng dialect | |
|---|---|
| 雙峰話 | |
| Native to | China | 
| Region | Shuangfeng, Hunan province | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – | 
Linguist list  | 
hsn-luo | 
| Glottolog | None | 
Shuangfeng dialect (simplified Chinese: 双峰话; traditional Chinese: 雙峰話; pinyin: shuāngfēng huà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province.
Phonetics and Phonology
Consonants
| bilabial | alveolar | alveolo-palatal | retroflex | velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| plosives | voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| 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 | |||||
Tones
Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. However, phonetically the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant, so that these are counted as five:
| 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
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 0-521-29653-6
 - Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-018366-8
 - 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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