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Shuangfeng dialect

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Native to
  
China

Glottolog
  
None

Linguist list
  
hsn-luo

Region
  
Shuangfeng, Hunan province

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Chinese Xiang Old Xiang (Lou-Shao) Shuangfeng dialect

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.

Tones

Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. Phonetically, however, the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant so the tones are counted as five:

References

Shuangfeng dialect Wikipedia