Region Wugang, Hunan province Glottolog None | Linguist list hsn-luo | |
Native to People's Republic of China Ethnicity Hunanese Han chinese from Wugang Language family Sino-Tibetan
Chinese
Xiang
Loushao
Wugang dialect | ||
Wugang dialect (Wu kang in wade giles) is an Old Xiang Chinese dialect spoken in Wugang, Hunan in China.
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Classification
Wugang is an Old Xiang dialect, related to other Old Xiang dialects like Shaoyang dialect.
Geographic distribution
Wugang dialect is spoken in Wugang, Hunan.
Dialects
Wenping dialect is a sub-dialect of Wugang dialect.
Features
Wugang words with the D tone are the only words in which devoicing can occur, with voiced stop and fricative initials.
Wugang dialect is one of the dialects which use 佢 or 其 as the pronoun for the third person.
References
Wugang dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA