Jian'ou dialect

Jian'ou dialect

Jian'ou dialect (zh-tsp|t=建甌話|s=建瓯话|p=Jiàn'ōu huà) is a dialect of the northern Min Chinese languages. It is spoken in Jian'ou in the north of the Fujian province.

Classification

Geographic distribution

Dialects

Phonetics and Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Monophthongs

Diphthongs

Syllable structure


=Onsets=


=Rimes=


=Tones=

Citation tones

Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

Tone Sandhi

Grammar


=Morphology=

Syntax

Vocabulary

History

Examples

References

*Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H"ànyǔ 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 0521296536
*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.)

ee also

* Min Chinese
* Min Bei
* List of Chinese dialects

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mnp Ethnologue report for Northern Min]
* [http://www.chiculture.net/0604/html/c12/0604c12.html Cantonese and other dialects] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/classification/min/minbei/index.php Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika]


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