Taoyuan County, Hunan - Language

Language

Taoyuan dialect is profoundly influenced by northern dialect since the commute path of government messengers,speaking northern dialect, travelling to Yunnan and Guizhou from Song to Qing dynasty, passes through Taoyuan, and also by dialects in central Jiangxi since substantial residents in Jishui, Zhangshu and Fengcheng of Jiangxi relocated to Taoyuan successively from Ming dynasty to early Qing dynasty.

There are two types of accents in Taoyuan dialect, one of which called native accent, spoken in the central area of Taoyuan, including Zhangjiang Town, Zoushi Town, Qihe Town, Sanyanggang Town and part of Jianshi Town; the other accent is called periphery accent, spoken in the strip area bordering other counties.

Taoyuan dialect is a fusion of northern dialect and Jiangxi dialect. Its accent is close to those of Sichuan dialect, Chongqing dialect and Hubei dialect. It is categorized into Southwestern Mandarin.

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