Jian'ou dialect

Jian'ou
Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事
Native to Southern China
Region Jian'ou, Fujian province
Native speakers
 (no estimate available)
Sino-Tibetan
Chinese character, Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog None
Bible in Jian'ou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Jian'ou (Min Bei: Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事; Chinese: 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

Consonants of the Gṳ̿ing-é-dī
  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 chart of the Gṳ̿ing-é-dī
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)

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