Jian'ou dialect
Jian'ou (simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; traditional Chinese: 建甌話; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu huà) is a local standard common language of Northern Min Chinese spoken in Jian'ou in the north of the Fujian province.
Phonetics and Phonology
Consonants
Tones
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) or ˥ (5) |
| 2 |
shang sheng (上聲) |
˨˩ (21) or ˩ (1) |
| 3 |
yin qu (陰去) |
˨ (2) |
| 4 |
yang qu (陽去) |
˦ (4) |
| 5 |
yin ru (陰入) |
˨˦̚ (24) |
| 6 |
yang ru (陽入) |
˦˨̚ (42) |
Tone Sandhi
See also
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 0-521-29653-6
- 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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