Xiang Chinese

Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province
Intangible natural_language Q13220
Xiang Chinese
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Xiang Chinese

Summary

Xiang Chinese is a natural language[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Xiang Chinese is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • Xiang Chinese's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Xiang Chinese's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Xiang Chinese is a type of Chinese[6].
  • Xiang Chinese is a type of Sinitic[7].
  • Xiang Chinese's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters[8].
  • Xiang Chinese's Commons category is recorded as Xiang Chinese language[9].
  • Xiang Chinese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xiang Chinese[10].
  • Xiang Chinese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+37300000'}[11].
  • Xiang Chinese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+36000000'}[12].
  • Xiang Chinese's replaces is recorded as Middle Chinese[13].
  • Xiang Chinese's indigenous to is recorded as Guangxi[14].
  • Xiang Chinese's indigenous to is recorded as Guizhou[15].
  • Xiang Chinese's indigenous to is recorded as Hubei[16].
  • Xiang Chinese's indigenous to is recorded as Hunan[17].
  • Xiang Chinese's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HSN[18].
  • Xiang Chinese's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous[19].
  • Xiang Chinese's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Recorded subclass of include Chinese[6] and Sinitic[7].

Why It Matters

Xiang Chinese has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Xiang Chinese
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37385|batch #37385]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]])"
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