Waxiang Chinese
| Waxiang | |
|---|---|
| Waxianghua, Xianghua, Wogang | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | western Hunan |
| Ethnicity | Waxiang people |
Native speakers | (300,000 cited 1995) |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wxa |
| Glottolog | waxi1236 |
Dialect map of Hunan. Waxiang is dark blue on the map. | |
Waxiang (simplified Chinese: 瓦乡话; traditional Chinese: 瓦鄉話; pinyin: Wǎxiānghuà; ɕioŋ˥tsa˧) is a divergent variety of Chinese, spoken by the Waxiang people, an unrecognized ethnic minority group in the northwestern part of Hunan province, China. Waxiang is a distinct language, and is very different from the surrounding Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang Chinese, and the Eastern Miao (Xong) languages.