Shaowu dialect

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Shaowu
Native toSouthern China
Region Shaowu, Nanping, Fujian
Early forms
Romanized Shaowu
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog shao1235
Linguasphere 79-AAA-lab

The Shaowu dialect is a dialect of Shao-Jiang Min Chinese spoken in Shaowu, Nanping in northwestern Fujian province of China. It combines elements from Northern Min and Gan Chinese.

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Phonology

The Shaowu dialect has 20 initials, 46 rimes and 6 tones.

Initials

p , , m , f , v , t , , n, l , t͡s , t͡sʰ, s , t͡ɕ , t͡ɕʰ, ɕ , k , , ŋ , x , ʔ

Rimes

ɿ, i , u , y , a , i , ua, o , io, uo, ie, ye, ə , , ɯ , ai, uai, oi, ei, uei, əi, au, iau, ou, iou, əu, an, in, uan, yn, on, uon, en, ien, yen, ən, uən, , iaŋ, uaŋ, , ioŋ, uoŋ, ŋ̍, iuŋ,

Tones

No.123456
Tone namedark level
陰平
light level
陽平
rising
上聲
dark departing
陰去
light departing
陽去
entering
入聲
Tone contour˨˩ (21)˨ (22)˥ (55)˨˩˧ (213)˧˥ (35)˥˧ (53)

Notes

  1. Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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