Jiangle dialect

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Jiangle
Native toSouthern
Jiangle, Sanming, Fujian
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologjian1242
Linguasphere79-AAA-lac

The Jiangle dialect is a dialect of

Jiangle, Sanming in northwestern Fujian province, China. It combines elements from Northern Min and Hakka Chinese
.

Phonology

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

Initials

l, ts, tsʰ, s, , tʃʰ, ʃ, k, , ŋ, x, ʔ

Rimes

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

References