What dialect area does Xiangxi dialect belong to?

Xiang dialect is mainly concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of Xiang and Zijiang river basins and along the Dongting Lake. Shaoyang, Wugang and other mixed dialects transition to the southwest, including Chengbu and Suining, and Hengyang and Leiyang transition to the southeast. Although Leiyang belongs to southwest mandarin, it is highly mixed, with two points: Yongxing and Zixing. Hunan dialect Hunan dialect is different from Mandarin.

The minority languages in Hunan mainly include Miao Xiangxi sub-dialect, Longshan dialect, Baojing dialect, Tujia Mengzi dialect, Dong language, Myanmar language and Zhuang language. Hunan is a region with complicated dialects. In areas inhabited by ethnic minorities, many people can not only speak their own language, but also communicate in Chinese dialects.

Xiang dialect is the most representative dialect in Hunan province, and it is the most widely distributed in Hunan province. Mainly distributed in 40 cities and counties in Xiangjiang River and Zijiang River Basin. In Hunan, the population of Xiang dialect is about 30.85 million, accounting for 3.2% of the national population.

Xiang dialect developed from Chu dialect. After the demise of Chu, most Chu people moved to the south, namely Hunan, and their language gradually developed into today's Hunan dialect. It can be seen that Xiang dialect has a long history. Because of the "natural barrier" of the Yangtze River, and the Chu people have always held an antagonistic attitude towards the regime in the Yellow River basin, their dialects are not easy to be assimilated or replaced, and many characteristics of ancient Chinese are preserved.