Qiyang dialect

Qiyang dialect
Kỳ dương lời nói
Native to	China
Region	Qiyang,Hunanprovince
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Xiang Yong–Quan Qiyang dialect
Writing system	Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

TheQiyang dialect(Chinese:Kỳ dương lời nói;pinyin:Qíyánghuà) is a dialect ofXiang Chinesespoken inQiyang,Hunanprovince.

Tones

The Qiyang dialect is quite unusual in that it is reported to have two "double contour"tones,high and low fall–rise–fall, or perhaps high fall – low fall and low fall – high fall: theentering tonesyin qu( âm đi )˦˨˧˨(4232) andyang qu( dương đi )˨˩˦˨(2142). However, phonetically the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant, so these are phonemically a single tone. Moreover, the final fall of theyin qutone is "not perceptually relevant", so it may be that 'dipping' (foryin qu) and 'peaking' (foryang qu) are a sufficient categorization.

References

• Wei Hu, 2011. "Production and Perception of Double Contour Tones in Qiyang Chinese".Presented at the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.