Talk:Xiang (linguistics)

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How does one pronounce the name of the language? Some IPA would be nice.

[edit] xiangtan dialect

the /x/ in chinese is similar to our /sh/, /a/ like in /father/. think of /xiang/ as something sounding like /*shyang/.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin for more information on how to pronounce romanized chinese.

i've written a short guide, in progress, on the xiangtan dialect. right now i've just got some of the changes from mandarin to xiangtan dialect, though i shall follow this up shortly with basic phrases.

http://www.williamfromtexas.com/xiangtanhua.html

it's just an interesting project for me, nothing official or academic (yet). if you have any suggestions leave 'em here.

william

19:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

And what is Xiang pronounciation of the word "Xiang", that is its autonym? --Koryakov Yuri (talk) 14:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)