'Changsha and Yiyang subgroup') is the dominant form of Xiang Chinese.

Under their influence, it has lost some of the conservative phonological characteristics that distinguish Old Xiang.

While most linguists follow Yuan Jiahua in describing New Xiang as a subgroup of Xiang Chinese,[2] Zhou Zhenhe and You Rujie classify it as Southwestern Mandarin.

New Xiang-speaking cities and counties are mainly located in the northeast part of Hunan, the lower river of Xiang and Zi.

Suantang (酸汤) is a lect spoken by about 80,000 ethnic Miao people in Baibu (白布), Dihu (地湖), Dabaozi (大堡子), and Sanqiao (三锹) in Tianzhu, Huitong, and Jing counties of Hunan province.