The Shuangfeng dialect () is a dialect of

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Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

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

*Běijīng dàxué zhōngguó yǔyán wénxué xì yǔyán xué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H''ànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì''. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè.(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) *Coblin, W. South. (2011). Comparative Phonology of the Central Xiāng Dialects. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. * Norman, Jerry.

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(2002). ''Chinese''. Cambridge, England: CUP *Wu, Yunji. (2005). ''A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects''. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. *Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). ''Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào'' (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)

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