Jiangle dialect

The Jiangle dialect is a dialect of Shao-Jiang Min Chinese spoken in Jiangle, Sanming in northwestern Fujian province, China. It combines elements from Northern Min and Hakka Chinese.

Jiangle
Native to	Southern China
Region	Jiangle, Sanming, Fujian
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Inland Min Northern Min Shao–Jiang Min Jiangle
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese[a] Proto-Min
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	jian1242
Linguasphere	79-AAA-lac

Phonology

The Jiangle dialect has 19 initials, 36 rimes and 7 tones.

Initials

p, pʰ, m, f, v, t, tʰ, l, ts, tsʰ, s, tʃ, tʃʰ, ʃ, k, kʰ, ŋ, x, ʔ

Rimes

ɿ, i, u, y, a, ia, ua, o, yo, e, ie, ue, ø, yø, æ, uæ, eu, iu, ui, au, iau, aŋ, iaŋ, uaŋ, ɔŋ, iɔŋ, ɤŋ, iɤŋ, ɛ̃, iɛ̃, uɛ̃, yø̃, ĩ, uĩ, ỹ, ŋ̍

Tones

No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Tone name	dark level 陰平	light level 陽平	rising 上聲	dark departing 陰去	light departing 陽去	dark entering 陰入	light entering 陽入
Tone contour	˥ (55)	˨ (22)	˥˩ (51)	˧˨˦ (324)	˨˧˩ (231)	˨˩ (21)	˥ (5)

Notes

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