Jian'ou dialect

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Jian'ou dialect (traditional Chinese: 建甌話; simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu huà) is a dialect of the northern Min language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in Jian'ou in the north of the Fujian province.

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[edit] Classification

[edit] Geographic distribution

[edit] Dialects

[edit] Phonetics and Phonology

[edit] Consonants

Consonants of the Jian'ou dialect
  bilabial alveolar velar
nasals m n ŋ
plosives voiceless unaspirated p t k
voiceless aspirated
fricatives   s x
affricates voiceless unaspirated   ts  
voiceless aspirated   tsʰ  
lateral approximant   l  

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Monophthongs

[edit] Diphthongs

[edit] Syllable structure

[edit] Onsets

[edit] Rimes


[edit] Tones

[edit] Citation tones

Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

Tone chart of the Jian'ou dialect
Tone number Tone name Tone contour
1 ping sheng (平聲) ˥˦ (54)
2 shang sheng (上聲) ˨˩ (21)
3 yin qu (陰去) ˨ (22)
4 yang qu (陽去) ˦ (44)
5 yin ru (陰入) ˨˦ʔ (24)
6 yang ru (陽入) ˦˨ʔ (42)

[edit] Tone Sandhi

[edit] Grammar

[edit] Morphology


[edit] Syntax

[edit] Vocabulary

[edit] History

[edit] Examples


[edit] References

  • Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé chūbǎnshè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
  • Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0521296536
  • Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)

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