Why do people in Xiangyang all have Henan accents?

Laohekou was once part of Henan. It was assigned to Henan in the Yuan Dynasty. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Laohekou was assigned to Hubei. In 1949, Laohekou was still called Guanghua County, and it was once placed under the jurisdiction of Tongbai District of Nanyang. According to the memoirs of the older generation revolutionary Zhao Fulin, the cadres of Deng County and Guanghua at that time were transferred at will.

It can be seen that it is a city deeply influenced by Central Plains culture. Sometimes when people in Xiangyang hear people from Laohekou talking, they say you are from Henan, which is very vivid. Especially in the towns of Menglou, Xueji, and Yuanchong in Laohekou, the people there speak very tastefully. In fact, there are many Henanese in Laohekou or people whose ancestral home is Henan, which also has a lot to do with it.

Another important factor is the geographical location of Laohekou. Laohekou borders Dengzhou and Xichuan in Henan. In ancient times, Xiangfan was the northern gate of Jingchu in history, and to the north was the Central Plains region. Historically, the Central Plains region was prosperous in business, and people often went to Henan for business. In order to facilitate communication, Xiangfan learned Henan dialect. Over time the accent has been passed down.

Because the Henan dialect belongs to the northern sub-dialect and has a gentle tone, the pronunciation in Xiangfan belongs to the southwestern sub-dialect of the northern Chinese dialect, "the language is clear and slightly Qin". Laohekou is the first gate of the North Gate, the place where it meets Henan, so it has a strong Henan flavor.

Extended information

In fact, Xiangyang dialect and Henan dialect are different.

1. Different accents

The accent of Xiangyang dialect has a slight Qin flavor, but its pronunciation is lighter than that of Henan dialect and Shaanxi dialect. As Ouyang Xiu said, "The language is clear and slightly Qin."

2. They belong to different language families

Xiangyang dialect belongs to the northern Hubei dialect of Huguang dialect in Southwest Mandarin.

The Henan dialect mainly belongs to the Central Plains Mandarin, which can be divided into three categories: one is the Central Plains Mandarin that is popular in most parts of Henan, which is the narrow sense of Henan dialect that people are usually used to speaking; the second is the Central Plains Mandarin that is commonly spoken in Henan; The Shanxi-Hanxin films that are popular in the Taihang Mountains in northern Henan are distributed in the counties of Jiyuan, Jiaozuo, Xinxiang, Hebi, and Anyang; there are also a small number of Jianghuai Mandarin-Huangxiao films that are popular in southern Henan. Xin County and Guangshan County in Xinyang.

3. Different tone values

The Yinping tone of Xiangyang dialect is a middle rising tone of 35, the Yangping tone is a full falling tone of 41, the rising tone is a high flat tone of 55, and the falling tone is a falling tone of 214 . In Henan dialect, the most common tone types in Central Plains Mandarin are Yinping 24, Yangping 42, Shangsheng 54, and Qusheng 312.