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Hui'an dialect

Dialect of Hokkien From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Hui'an dialect (simplified Chinese: 惠安话; traditional Chinese: 惠安話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hūi-oaⁿ-ōe), is a variety of Chinese mostly spoken in Hui'an in South Fujian Province, China. It belongs to the Hokkien subgroup of Southern Min.[4]

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Phonology

The Hui'an dialect has 14 phonemic initials and over 80 finals.[5][6]

Consonants

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Finals

/i//ĩ//iʔ//ĩʔ/
/u//uʔ//un//ut/
/a//ã//au//aʔ//ãʔ//auʔ//ãuʔ//am//an//aŋ//ap//at//ak/
/ai//ãi//ãiʔ/
/e////eʔ//ẽʔ//em//en//eŋ//ep//et/
/o//oʔ/
/ɔ//ɔ̃//ɔ̃ʔ//ɔŋ//ɔk/
/ɯ//ɯʔ/
/ə//əʔ//ən//ət/
/iu//iũ//iuʔ//iũʔ/
/ia//iã//iau//iãu//iaʔ//iãʔ//iauʔ//iãuʔ//iaŋ//iak/
/io//ioʔ/
/iɔŋ//iɔk/
/ui//uĩ//uiʔ//uĩʔ/
/ua//uã//uai//uãi//uaʔ//uãiʔ//uan//uaŋ//uat/
/ue//ueʔ/
/m̩ʔ///
/ŋ̍ʔ//ŋ̍/
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Grammar

The demonstrative system has five pairs of pronouns with a two-way distinction:[9][10]

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Comparison with other varieties of Hokkien

Compared with the Quanzhou dialect (spoken in the central urban area of Quanzhou city), the greatest differences are present in the rimes:[11][12]

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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]
  2. The alveolar sibilant phonemes /ts/, /tsʰ/ and /s/ are palatalized to [], [tɕʰ] and [ɕ], respectively, before /i/.[7]
  3. The three voiced phonemes /b/, /l/ and /ɡ/ are realized as the nasal stops [m], [n] and [ŋ], respectively, before nasalized finals.[8][6]
  4. The phoneme /l/ may be treated as a plosive, i.e. /d/.[7]
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