| Xiangnan Tuhua | |
| Also Known As: | Tuhua |
| States: | China |
| Region: | southern Hunan |
| Ethnicity: | Chinese |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Sinitic |
| Fam3: | Chinese |
| Fam4: | (unclassified) |
| Script: | Nüshu |
| Iso3: | none |
| Map: | Dialects in Southern Hunan.png |
Xiangnan Tuhua, or simply Tuhua, is a group of unclassified Chinese varieties of southeastern Hunan.It is spoken throughout some areas of Yongzhou prefecture (apart from Qiyang County in the northeast) and in the western half of Chenzhou prefecture, in which Xiangnan dialects of Southwestern Mandarin are also spoken.[1] Xiangnan Tuhua is spoken by the Sinicized Pingdi ('plains') Yao.[2]
Xiangnan Tuhua, which differs enough from those of other parts of Hunan that there is little mutual intelligibility, is known to its speakers as pronounced as /[tifɯə]/ 'Dong language'. There are differing opinions on the classification of Xiangnan Tuhua, as it has features of several different Chinese varieties. Some scholars classify it under Xiang Chinese or Pinghua, and other scholars consider it a hybrid dialect. Most Jiangyong residents are bilingual in Xiangnan Tuhua and the Hunan dialect of Southwestern Mandarin. Xiangnan Tuhua was only written using Nüshu, and Nüshu was not used to write other languages, such as the Southwestern Mandarin spoken in Hunan, or the local Yao language.
Book: Zhao, Liming . Nǚshū yòngzì bǐjiào . Zhishi chanquan chubanshe . 2006 . 978-7-80198-261-2 . zh . zh:女书用字比较 . Comparison of the Characters Used to Write Nüshu.