Xiapu dialect
Dialect of Eastern Min Chinese
Xiapu | |
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霞浦話 | |
Native to | Southern China |
Region | Xiapu, Ningde, Fujian |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Early forms | Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ibe |
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The Xiapu dialect (Eastern Min: 霞浦話; Foochow Romanized: Hà-puō-uâ) is a dialect of Eastern Min Chinese spoken in Xiapu, Ningde in northeastern Fujian province of China.
Phonology
The Xiapu dialect has 15 initials, 43 rimes and 7 tones.
Initials
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m 蒙 | n 日 | ŋ 語 | |||
Stop | Aspirated | pʰ 波 | tʰ 他 | kʰ 氣 | ||
Tenuis | p 邊 | t 低 | k 求 | ʔ 鶯 | ||
Fricative | (β) | θ 時 | (ʒ) | x 喜 | ||
Affricate | Aspirated | ʦʰ 出 | ||||
Tenuis | ʦ 曾 | |||||
Lateral | l 柳 |
Rimes
a | ia | ua | ai | au | uai |
aŋ | iaŋ | uaŋ | aiŋ | ɔuŋ | |
aʔ | iaʔ | uaʔ | aiʔ | ɔuʔ | |
ɛ, ɔ | ɛu | ||||
ɔʔ | |||||
e, o | ø | oi | eu | ||
eiŋ, ouŋ | yoŋ | ||||
eiʔ, ouʔ | øʔ, yoʔ | ||||
u | iu | ui | |||
uŋ | yuŋ | ||||
uʔ | yuʔ | ||||
i, y | |||||
iŋ | |||||
iʔ |
Tones
No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Tone name | dark level 陰平 | light level 陽平 | rising 上聲 | dark departing 陰去 | light departing 陽去 | dark entering 陰入 | light entering 陽入 |
Tone contour | ˦ (44) | ˨ (22) | ˦˨ (42) | ˧˥ (35) | ˨˩˨ (212) | ˥ (5) | ˨ (2) |
Initial assimilation
The two-syllable initial assimilation rules are shown in the table below:
The Coda of the Former Syllable | The Initial Assimilation of the Latter Syllable |
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Null coda or /-ʔ/ |
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/-ŋ/ |
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/-k̚/ | All initials remain unchanged. |
Tone sandhi
The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below:
the second syllable | ||||||||
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the first syllable | dark level 44 | light level 22 | rising 42 | dark departing 35 | light departing 212 | dark entering 5 | light entering 2 | |
dark departing 35 | 55 | 51 | ||||||
dark entering 5 | ||||||||
rising 42 | 51 | 5 | ||||||
dark level 44 | 44 | |||||||
light departing 212 | ||||||||
light entering 2 | ||||||||
light level 22 | 22 |
Notes
References
- ^ 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 Xiapu County 霞浦县地方志编纂委员会 (1990). Xia pu xian zhi 霞浦县志 ["Chorography of Xiapu County"]. Vol. 27. Beijing: Fangzhi chubanshe 方志出版社 ["Chorography Press"]. ISBN 7-80122-542-2.
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