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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
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/ | /ẽ/ | /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/ | /m̩/ | ||||||||||||
/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]
Notes
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References
Sources
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