Shaowu dialect

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

Shaowu
Native to	Southern China
Region	Shaowu, Nanping, Fujian
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Inland Min Northern Min Shao–Jiang Min Shaowu
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese[a] Proto-Min
Writing system	Romanized Shaowu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	shao1235
Linguasphere	79-AAA-lab

Phonology

The Shaowu dialect has 20 initials, 46 rimes and 6 tones.

Initials

p, pʰ, m, f, v, t, tʰ, n, l, t͡s, t͡sʰ, s, t͡ɕ, t͡ɕʰ, ɕ, k, kʰ, ŋ, x, ʔ

Rimes

ɿ, i, u, y, a, i, ua, o, io, uo, ie, ye, ə, uə, ɯ, ai, uai, oi, ei, uei, əi, au, iau, ou, iou, əu, an, in, uan, yn, on, uon, en, ien, yen, ən, uən, aŋ, iaŋ, uaŋ, oŋ, ioŋ, uoŋ, ŋ̍, iuŋ, uŋ

Tones

No.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Tone name	dark level 陰平	light level 陽平	rising 上聲	dark departing 陰去	light departing 陽去	entering 入聲
Tone contour	˨˩ (21)	˨ (22)	˥ (55)	˨˩˧ (213)	˧˥ (35)	˥˧ (53)

Notes

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