湘方言一大分支的永州方言浊音和日语浊音进行比较,发现永州方言和日语浊音特点相近:两者都存在浊声母,而且永州方言中的古全浊音在日语中都发浊音;两者都存在鼻浊音和半浊音现象;两者都有同时发两个浊音或既发浊音又发清音的现象等。
Through the comparison of the voiced sounds in Yongzhou dialect, one of the leading branches of Hunan dialects, and those of Japanese, we find that there are many similarities. First, they both have voiced consonants, and the ancient full voiced sounds are all voiced in Japanese. Second, they both have nasal voiced sounds and half-voiced sounds. Third, they both exists the language phenomenon that one sound may be voiced differently or voiced and unvoiced at the same time.