Sanming dialect

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Sanming
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Native toSouthern China
RegionSanming, Fujian
Early forms
Language codes
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GlottologNone
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The Sanming dialect (Central Min: 三明事, Mandarin Chinese: 三明話) is a dialect of Central Min spoken in urban areas of Sanming, a prefecture-level city in Western Fujian Province, China.

Phonology

The Sanming dialect has 18 initials, 37 rimes and 6 tones.

Initials

Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Velar
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop Tenuis p t k
Aspirated
Affricate Tenuis ts
Aspirated tsʰ tʃʰ
Fricative s ʃ x
Glide l
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Rimes

Open syllable Nasal coda Nasal vowel coda
Open mouth ɹ̩ ɛ ɒ a ɯ ø aɯ au am aiŋ ã ɔ̃
Even mouth i iɛ iɒ ia iɯ iau iam iaiŋ iã iɔ̃ ɛ̃
Closed mouth u uɛ ui o ŋ̍
Round mouth y yi yɛ yo yaiŋ yã yɛ̃

Tones

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Tone name dark level
陰平
light level
陽平
dark rising
陰上
light rising
陽上
departing
去聲
entering
入聲
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Notes

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  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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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR 2718766
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.

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