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| Shaowu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Southern 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.
Phonology
[edit]The Shaowu dialect has 20 initials, 46 rimes and 6 tones.
Initials
[edit]p, pʰ, m, f, v, t, tʰ, n, l, t͡s, t͡sʰ, s, t͡ɕ, t͡ɕʰ, ɕ, k, kʰ, ŋ, x, ʔ
Rimes
[edit]ɿ, i, u, y, a, i, ua, o, io, uo, ie, ye, ə, uə, ɯ, ai, uai, oi, ei, uei, əi, au, iau, ou, iou, əu, an, in, uan, yn, on, uon, en, ien, yen, ən, uən, aŋ, iaŋ, uaŋ, oŋ, ioŋ, uoŋ, ŋ̍, iuŋ, uŋ
Tones
[edit]| No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tone name | dark 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR 2718766
- ↑ Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- Compilation Commission of Chorography of Shaowu City 邵武市地方志编纂委员会 (1993). Shao wu shi zhi 邵武市志 ["Chorography of Sanming City"]. Vol. 38. Beijing: Qunzhong chubanshe 群众出版社 ["Masses Press"]. ISBN 7-5014-1053-4.
- Compilation Commission of Chorography of Fujian Province 福建省地方志编纂委员会 (1998). Fu jian sheng zhi fang yan zhi 福建省志·方言志 ["Chorography of dialect, Chorography of Fujian Province"]. Vol. 7. Beijing: Fangzhi chubanshe 方志出版社 ["Chorography Press"]. ISBN 7-80122-279-2. Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- Ngai, Sing Sing (2021). A Grammar of Shaowu. A Sinitic Language of Northwestern Fujian. Boston/Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-5015-1772-3.
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