湖南境内客家方言分布概况

明清时期由广东、福建以及江西等省迁入湖南的客家移民,其后裔中有不少仍以客家方言作为其内部的交际工具.湖南境内的客家方言主要分布在平江、浏阳、醴陵、攸县、茶陵、炎陵、桂东、汝城、宜章、江华、江永、新田等县市.从宏观的角度看,客家方言主要分布在湖南东部和南部边境地带一些河流上游的山区,较为零散,其分布区域呈现缩小的趋势.

A Survey of Distribution of Hakka Dialects in Hunan Province

Some Hakkas moved from Guangdong,Fujian and Jiangxi into Hunan in Ming and Qing Dynasties. A lot of their descendants use Hakka dialects as internal communicational means. Hakka dialects distribute mainly in Pingjiang,Liuyang,Liling,Youxian,Chaling,Yanling,Guidong,Rucheng,Yizhang,Jianghua,Jiangyong,Xintian and other counties, scattered in the mountains and upper reaches of rivers in the eastern and southern Hunan Province. The areas in which Hakka dialects distribute are getting smaller.