The Wugang dialect (Wu Kang in Wade–Giles) is an
Old Xiang Chinese dialect spoken in
Wugang, Hunan
Wugang () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Shaoyang prefecture-level city. Located on the southwest of the province and middle of Shaoyang's jurisdiction, the city is bordered to the north by Dong ...
in China.
Classification
Wugang is an
Old Xiang dialect, related to other Old Xiang dialects such as
Shaoyang dialect.
Geographic distribution
The Wugang dialect is spoken in
Wugang, Hunan
Wugang () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Shaoyang prefecture-level city. Located on the southwest of the province and middle of Shaoyang's jurisdiction, the city is bordered to the north by Dong ...
.
Sub-dialects
The
Wenping dialect is a
sub-dialect of the Wugang dialect.
Features
Wugang words with the D tone are the only words in which devoicing can occur, with voiced stop and fricative initials.
The Wugang dialect is one of the dialects that uses "佢" or "其" as the
pronoun for the third person.
See also
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Xiang Chinese
*
List of Chinese dialects
References
Xiang Chinese
Dialects by location
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