Language

Xiang Chinese

Xiang Chinese is a language in the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in China, Malaysia and United States.

Portions of Scripture

Scripture in Xiang Chinese

Portions of Scripture are reported in Xiang Chinese.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Xiang Chinese is spoken

  • China
  • Malaysia
  • United States

See Xiang Chinese on the language map

About Xiang Chinese

Part of
Chinese (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
ISO 639-3 code
hsn
Glottocode
xian1251
Also known as
Chinese, Xiang · Chinese, Xiang: Yong-Quan

Dialects and varieties 23

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Xiang Chinese as a whole.

  • BaojingNo known Scripture
  • ChangshaNo known Scripture
  • ChangyiNo known Scripture
  • ChenxiNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Xiang: Chen-XuNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Xiang: HengzhouNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Xiang: Yong-QuanNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Hunan XiantanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Dong-QiNo known Scripture
  • GuzhangNo known Scripture
  • HuayuanNo known Scripture
  • JiangyongNo known Scripture
  • JishuNo known Scripture
  • LoudiNo known Scripture
  • LoushaoNo known Scripture
  • LuxiNo known Scripture
  • Quan-ZiNo known Scripture
  • ShuangfengNo known Scripture
  • XiangtanNo known Scripture
  • XupuNo known Scripture
  • Yi-YuanNo known Scripture
  • YuanlingNo known Scripture
  • YueyangNo known Scripture

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Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.