Waxianghua

Facts

  • Language: Waxianghua
  • Alternate names: Wogang, Xianghua
  • Language code: wxa
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic
  • Number of speakers: 300000
  • Script: Category

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    Introduction

    Waxianghua is a language of China. It is spoken in West Hunan Province, a 6,000 square km area, Wuling mountains, including Yuanling, Chunxi, Jishou, Guzhang, and Dayong.

    Dialects

    Classified as Han nationality. It differs greatly from both Southwestern Mandarin (Xinan Guanhua) (See: Chinese, Mandarin) and Xiang Chinese (Hunanese) (See: Chinese, Xiang?), but is relatively uniform within itself. Neighboring Han Chinese, Miao, and Tujia people do not understand it. Some view it as a special variety of Chinese, others as a minority language, perhaps related to Miao.

    The Waxianghua Verb

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