Jian'ou dialect
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| Jian'ou | |
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| 建瓯话 Guinei di (Manbe di) | |
| Native to | Southern China |
| Region | Guinei, Huguin |
Native speakers | (no estimate available) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Bible in Jian'ou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Jian'ou 【Guinei】(simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; traditional Chinese: 建甌話; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu huà; English=Manbe di) 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
| bilabial | alveolar | velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasals | m | n | ŋ | |
| plosives | voiceless unaspirated | p | t | k |
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |
| fricatives | s | x | ||
| affricates | voiceless unaspirated | ts | ||
| voiceless aspirated | tsʰ | |||
| lateral approximant | l | |||
Tones
Citation tones
Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.
| 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
- Min Chinese
- Min Bei
- List of Chinese dialects
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.)
External links
- Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
- Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika
- Jian'ou Romanized Vernacular Bible
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