This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Xiang Chinese on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Xiang Chinese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.
The following tables list the International phonetic Alphabet used for Xiang Chinese (湘語). For simplicity, only one of the romanization of Xiang Chinese is given.
^ abcdefgThe vowels, consonants and tones are based on 长沙方言词典 (1998),[1] itself the basis of 长沙方言研究 (1999).[2] The romanization is based on 长沙话拼音方案Beta 5.0 (2021).[3]
^ abcdGlosses are displayed over the dotted line (for desktop computers, hover your mouse cursor over it; for iOS mobile browsers, request desktop website on your toolbar and then click on the dotted line; for Android mobile browsers, it is unavailable). Vocabulary examples are drawn from 长沙方言词典 (1998)[1] and 长沙方言常用熟语通释 (2008).[4]
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyThe gliding non-syllables may be less explicitly transcribed with syllables, such that the non-syllabic [j] represented as syallbic [i], [w] as [u], and [ɥ] as [y].
^ ab[ə] and [wə] are pronounced as [ɤ] and [wɤ] by some speakers. Also refer to [iv].
