- Jian'ou dialect
Jian'ou dialect (zh-tsp|t=建甌話|s=建瓯话|p=Jiàn'ōu huà) is a dialect of the northern Min Chinese languages. It is spoken in
Jian'ou in the north of theFujian province.Classification
Geographic distribution
Dialects
Phonetics andPhonology Consonant sVowel sMonophthong sDiphthong sSyllable structure
=Onsets=
=Rimes=
=Tones=Citation tones
Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.
Tone Sandhi
Grammar Syntax Vocabulary History
Examples
References
*Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H"ànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì". Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé chūbǎnshè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
*Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). "Chinese". Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0521296536
*Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). "Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào" (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)ee also
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Min Chinese
*Min Bei
*List of Chinese dialects External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mnp Ethnologue report for Northern Min]
* [http://www.chiculture.net/0604/html/c12/0604c12.html Cantonese and other dialects] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/classification/min/minbei/index.php Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika]
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