Minjiang dialect

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Minjiang
Nanlu
岷江话
Pronunciation[min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦]
Native toChina
RegionSichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sichuanese?
    • Minjiang
Early forms
Dialects
Qijiang, Xichong (N), Xichang
(SW), and an area to the east.

The Minjiang dialect (

Shehong Counties, and part of Jiange, Cangxi, Nanbu, Langzhong and Bazhong
. The Minjiang dialect is also referred to as the Nanlu dialect by some scholars.

The primary characteristic of the Minjiang dialect is that the

stop consonants for checked-tone syllables in Middle Chinese have developed into tense vowels to create a phonemic contrast, and in several cities and counties the tense vowels retain a following glottal stop. It also keeps many characteristics of Ba–Shu Chinese phonology and vocabulary.[1][2] Due to these characteristics, the status of the Minjiang dialect is disputed among linguists, with some classifying it as Southwestern Mandarin,[3] and others setting it apart as a continuation of Ba–Shu Chinese, the native language of Sichuan before the end of the Yuan dynasty.[4]

Notes

References

  1. ISBN 7-5621-1603-2
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  2. ^ Liu, Xiaonan 刘晓南 (2009). "Shì lùn Sòngdài Bāshǔ fāngyán yǔ xiàndài Sìchuān fāngyán de guānxì—Jiān tán wénxiàn kǎozhèng de yīgè zhòngyào gōngyòng: Zhuīxún shīluò de fāngyán" 试论宋代巴蜀方言与现代四川方言的关系——兼谈文献考证的一个重要功用：追寻失落的方言 [On the Relation Between the Bashu Dialect in Song Dynasty and the Modern Sichuan Dialect]. Yǔyán kēxué 语言科学 (in Chinese). 8 (6): 586–596.
  3. ^ Li, Lan 李蓝 (2009). "Xīnán Guānhuà de fēnqū (gǎo)" 西南官话的分区（稿）. Fāngyán 方言 (in Chinese). 2009 (1): 72–87.
  4. ^ Yang, Bo 杨波 (1997). "Sìchuān Guānhuà rùshēng xiànxiàng de lìshǐ wénhuà tòushì—Lùn Héjiāng fāngyán de xíngchéng yǔ fāzhǎn" 四川官话入声现象的历史文化透视——论合江方言的形成与发展. Xīnán Shīfàn Dàxué xuébào (zhéxué shèhuì kēxué bǎn) 西南师范大学学报（哲学社会科学版）. 1997 (5): 47–52.
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