Shaowu dialect
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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
The Shaowu dialect has 20 initials, 46 rimes and 6 tones.
Initials
p, pʰ, m, f, v, t, tʰ, n, l, t͡s, t͡sʰ, s, t͡ɕ, t͡ɕʰ, ɕ, k, kʰ, ŋ, x, ʔ
Rimes
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
| 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
- Compilation Commission of Chorography of Shaowu City 邵武市地方志编纂委员会 (1993). . 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). . Vol. 7. Beijing: Fangzhi chubanshe 方志出版社 ["Chorography Press"]. ISBN 7-80122-279-2. Archived from on 2018-04-06.
- Ngai, Sing Sing (2021). A Grammar of Shaowu. A Sinitic Language of Northwestern Fujian. Boston/Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-5015-1772-3.