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Eastern Min Chinese dialect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Gutian dialect (Eastern Min: 古田話) is a dialect of Eastern Min spoken in Gutian, Ningde in northeastern Fujian province, China.

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Phonology

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The Gutian dialect has 15 initials, 52 rimes and 7 tones.

Initials

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Rimes

aɛ 西œo
iuy
aioiauɛu
iaieiuiau
uauouaiui
uɔi
iaŋieŋuaŋuoŋ
yøŋeiŋouŋøyŋ
akikukyk
iakiekuakuok
yøkeikoukøyk
œʔiaʔ
uaʔuoʔyøʔ

Tones

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Initial assimilation

The two-syllable initial assimilation rules are shown in the table below:

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Tone sandhi

The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while the columns give the citation tone of the second syllable):

dark level
55
light level
33
rising
42
dark departing
21
light departing
324
dark entering
2
light entering
5
dark level
55
21+55 21+33 21+42 24+21 24+544 24+2 21+5
light level
33
21+42 21+21 21+324 21+2
rising
42
21+55 21+24 21+42 24+21 24+544 24+2 21+5
dark departing
21
33+55 33+544 33+53 24+21 55+33 55+2 33+5
light departing
324
55+55 544+33 544+42 42+21 544+21 42+2 55+5
dark entering
2
33+55 33+55 33+53 55+21 55+33 55+2 55+5
light entering
5
33+55 21+33 21+42 21+21 21+324 21+2 33+5
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Notes

  1. Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[1][2][3]

References

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