Waxiang Chinese

Waxiang
Waxiang
Waxianghua, Xianghua, Wogang
瓦鄉話/瓦乡话; Wǎxiānghuà
Native to	China
Region	western Hunan
Ethnicity	Waxiang people
Native speakers	(300,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese (unclassified) Waxiang; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Middle Chinese? ; ;
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.

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