Differences between Chongqing, Sichuan, Hunan and Wuhan Dialects

1. Chongqing dialect:

It refers to living in Chongqing urban area and all districts and counties, such as Hechuan District, Fuling District, Dianjiang County and other districts and counties in Chongqing, and belongs to Southwest Mandarin.

2. Sichuan dialect:

It is formed by the gradual evolution and integration of the Sichuan dialect popular in Sichuan before the Ming Dynasty and the immigrant dialects in Huguang, Guangdong and Jiangxi.

3. Hunan dialect:

Refers to the dialects in Hunan, among which Chinese dialects include Xiang dialect, Southwest Mandarin, Gan dialect and Hakka dialect, as well as some unique island dialects such as Xiangnan dialect and Waxiang dialect.

4. Wuhan dialect:

It is a local dialect popular in Wuhan City and its surrounding areas in Hubei Province, belonging to Southwest Mandarin-Huguang Film-Hubei Small and Medium Film.

Second, the characteristics are different:

1. Chongqing dialect:

Chongqing dialect belongs to the branch area of Southwest Mandarin, and its internal consistency is the highest among modern Chinese dialects. Although Chongqing dialect has many similarities with other branches of Southwest Mandarin, some white pronunciations and tones inherit the characteristics of Ming Mandarin.

2. Sichuan dialect:

The affixes in Sichuan dialect are quite different from those in Mandarin. First of all, Sichuan dialect has some unique affixes that Mandarin does not have.

3. Hunan dialect:

In Changsha dialect of Hunan dialect, the literary reading of Yangqu is Yinqu, and Yangqu tends to merge with Yinqu. The fastest merging speed is the morphemes in Mandarin words. For example, the word "Di" of "Di" is changed to read Yin to adjust its value, but the word "Di" continues to read Yang to adjust its value.

4. Wuhan dialect:

No tongue. Compared with a large number of tongue sounds in the north, Wuhan has no such tongue sounds as zh, ch, sh and R, which makes the voice too bare and less decorative. The front nasal sound can't be distinguished from the back nasal sound. In Wuhan dialect, there is no distinction between "Chen Cheng", "physical life" and "real struggle".

Extended data

Chongqing dialect, based on the ancient Bashu dialect, is influenced by the national lingua franca, immigrants in past dynasties and dialects in surrounding areas. Some middle ancient Chinese characters are not jawed (that is, they still retain the initials kh of Tang and Song Dynasties), and the entering tone characters are weakened into throat sounds, which are more ancient symbols than Mandarin.

The population of Sichuan dialect is mainly distributed in the enveloping basin, covering the whole Sichuan province except some non-Han areas, and it is one of the most populous branches of Chinese.

Shu dialect has a high degree of internal intercommunication, and is consistent in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and so on. Generally speaking, it can be divided into four dialect areas as shown in the following figure according to the reading situation of the ancient entering tone: western Sichuan dialect with rising tone, Minjiang dialect with remaining entering tone, Renfu dialect with falling tone, and Yamian dialect with falling tone.

Baidu encyclopedia-Chongqing dialect

Baidu encyclopedia-Sichuan dialect

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hunan Dialect

Baidu encyclopedia-Wuhan dialect