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Changsha dialect

NameChangsha dialect
Nativename長沙話
StatesChina
RegionChangsha, Hunan province
Speakersapprox. 6 million
FamilycolorSino-Tibetan
Fam2Chinese
Fam3Xiang
Fam4New Xiang (Chang-Yi)
Linglisthsn-cha
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Changsha dialect ( ) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, which is one of the Sinitic languages. It is spoken predominantly in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin, the official language of China.

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Consonants of the Changsha dialect
Consonants :
nasal
plosives voiceless unaspirated linkp linkt linkk
voiceless aspirated linkpʰ linktʰ linkkʰ
fricatives voiced linkʐ
voiceless linkf links linkɕ linkʂ linkx
affricates voiceless unaspirated linkts linktɕ linktʂ
voiceless aspirated linktsʰ linktɕʰ linktʂʰ
lateral approximants linkl

Tone chart of the Changsha dialect
Tones :
Tone number Tone name Tone contour Description
1 yin ping (陰平) ˧ (3) or ā mid
2 yang ping (陽平) ˩˧ (13) or ǎ rising
3 shang sheng (上聲) ˦˩ (41) or â falling
4 yin qu (陰去) ˥ (5) or á high
5 yang qu (陽去) ˨˩ (21) or à low
6 ru sheng (入聲) ˨˦ʔ (24′) or aʔ checked

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