Ji-Xu Xiang | |
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蜷画シオ迚 / 霎ー貅迚 | |
Native to | People's Republic of China |
Region | Hunan |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 3.4 million[ citation needed]) |
Chinese characters | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
ISO 639-6 | jiix |
Glottolog |
jish1242 |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-eac |
Ji-Xu Xiang is in pink. Two grey regions in the west of the pink are sometimes considered Ji-Xu-speaking. |
Ji窶店u Xiang ( Chinese: 蜷画シオ迚; pinyin: Jテュ Xテケ piテn; lit. ' Jishou and Xupu subgroup'), also known as Chen窶店u ( Chinese: 霎ー貅迚; pinyin: Chテゥn Xテケ piテn; lit. ' Chenxi and Xupu subgroup'), is a Xiang Chinese language spoken in western Hunan that does not fit into the traditional New Xiang窶 Old Xiang dichotomy. It is geographically separated from the New Xiang dialects that it was traditionally grouped with.
In the Language Atlas of China (1987), Xiang was divided into three subgroups. Their Ji-Xu subgroup comprised varieties spoken in the counties of Chenxi, Xupu, Luxi, Jishou, Baojing, Huayuan, Guzhang and Yuanling. [1] Bao and Chen (2005) identified five subgroups of Xiang. Their Chen-Xu subgroup included varieties spoken in Chenxi, Xupu, Luxi, with the rest of the Atlas's Ji-Xu subgroup classified as Southwest Mandarin dialects. [2]