ISO 639-3 · hsnhsn
Sino-Tibetan family
Xiang
Xiang is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in China. Wikidata counts 37.3 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hsn- Glottocode
xian1251- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 38 language editions
37.3 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Xiang |
|---|---|
| Also called | Hunanese, Sionglish, Xiang language, Hsiang, Xiang |
| L1 speakers | 37,300,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 36,000,000 (1984) |
| Written in | Chinese characters |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Xiang
The branches above Xiang, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in China
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafevieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouszhaZhuangKra–Dai · 16 mCritically endangeredkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalmnpNorthern MinSino-Tibetan · 11 m5 · DevelopinguigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · Developing