Jian'ou dialect

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Bible in Jian'ou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

The Jian'ou dialect (Northern Min: Template:Sans-serif / Script error: No such module "Lang".; Chinese: Template:Zh), also known as Kienow dialect, is a local dialect of Northern Min Chinese spoken in Jian'ou in northern Fujian province. It is regarded as the standard common language in Jian'ou.

Phonetics and phonology

According to The Eight Tones of Kien-chou (Script error: No such module "Lang".), a rime dictionary published in 1795, the Jian'ou dialect had 15 initials, 34 rimes and 7 tones in the 18th century, however there are only 6 tones in the modern dialect as the "light level" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) tone has disappeared.

Initials

Initials of the Jian'ou dialect
  Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link  
Plosive voiceless unaspirated Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
voiceless aspirated Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link  
Affricate voiceless unaspirated   Template:IPA link    
voiceless aspirated   Template:IPA link    
Fricative   Template:IPA link Template:IPA link  
Approximant   Template:IPA link    

Rimes

Rimes of the Jian'ou dialect
Open syllable Nasal coda
Open mouth Template:IPA link Template:IPA link[1] Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link[2] Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". [3]
Even mouth Template:IPA link Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA".[4] Script error: No such module "IPA".
Closed mouth Template:IPA link Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". [5] Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". [6] Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA".
Round mouth Template:IPA link Script error: No such module "IPA". [5] Script error: No such module "IPA". [6]

Tones

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

Tone chart of the Jian'ou dialect
Tone number Tone name Tone contour
1 level (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "IPA". (54) or Script error: No such module "IPA". (5)
2 rising (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "IPA". (21) or Script error: No such module "IPA". (1)
3 dark departing (Script error: No such module "Lang".) ˧ (3)
4 light departing (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "IPA". (4)
5 dark entering (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "IPA". (24)
6 light entering (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "IPA". (42)

The entering tones in the Jian'ou dialect do not have any entering tone coda (Script error: No such module "Lang".) such as Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA". which makes it distinct from many other Chinese varieties.

Notes

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References

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  1. /e/ tends to merge to [ɪ]
  2. /o/ tends to merge to [ʊ]
  3. Script error: No such module "IPA". which is mentioned in Kienning Colloquial Romanized has merged into Script error: No such module "IPA". in the modern dialect.
  4. Script error: No such module "IPA". is not mentioned in Kienning Colloquial Romanized as it diverged from Script error: No such module "IPA". after the romanization system was established.
  5. a b Script error: No such module "IPA". tends to merge into Script error: No such module "IPA"..
  6. a b Script error: No such module "IPA". tends to merge into Script error: No such module "IPA"..

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Sources

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External links

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