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Zhangzhou
漳州話 / 漳州话 (Chiang-chiu-ōa)
Pronunciation[tsiaŋ˨ tsiu˨ ua˨]
Native toChina, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines.
Regioncity of Zhangzhou, southern Fujian province
Sino-Tibetan
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologfuji1236
Linguasphere79-AAA-jed
  Zhangzhou dialect
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The Zhangzhou dialects (

Quemoy (from [kim˨ mui˩˧], now called Kinmen
).

Classification

The Zhangzhou dialects are classified as

Phonology

This section is mostly based on the variety spoken in the urban area of Zhangzhou.

Initials

There are 15 phonemic initials:[10]

Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal
plain sibilant[b]
Plosive/
Affricate
plain /p/ ⟨p⟩
邊 / 边
/
t
/
⟨t⟩
/ts/ ⟨ch⟩
/k/ ⟨k⟩
/ʔ/ ⟨-⟩
aspirated /pʰ/ ⟨ph⟩
頗 / 颇
/tʰ/ ⟨th⟩
/tsʰ/ ⟨chh⟩
/kʰ/ ⟨kh⟩
氣 / 气
voiced /b/ ⟨b⟩
門 / 门
/dz/ ⟨j⟩
熱 / 热
/g/ ⟨g⟩
語 / 语
Fricative /s/ ⟨s⟩
時 / 时
/h/ ⟨h⟩
Lateral /
l
/
⟨l⟩

When the rime is nasalized, the three voiced phonemes /b/, /l/ and /g/ are realized as the nasals [

n] and [ŋ], respectively.[10][11]

Rimes

There are 85 rimes:[10][12]

Open syllable Nasal coda Nasal vowel coda
open mouth /a/
/ɔ/
/
/o/
/e/
/ɛ/
/ai/
/
/au/
/
//
/am/
/ɔm/
/an/
/ŋ̍/
/aŋ/
/ɔŋ/
/ã/
/
/ɔ̃/
/ɛ̃/
/ãi/
/ãu/
checked /aʔ/
/
/ɔʔ/
/
/oʔ/
/
/eʔ/
/ɛʔ/
/auʔ/
/m̩ʔ/
/ap/
/ɔp/
/at/
/
/ŋ̍ʔ/
/
/ak/
/ɔk/
/
/ãʔ/
/ɔ̃ʔ/
/ɛ̃ʔ/
/
/ãuʔ/
/
even teeth /i/
/
/ia/
/io/
/iu/
/iau/
/
/im/
/iam/
/
/in/
/ian/
/iŋ/
/iaŋ/
/iɔŋ/
/
/ĩ/
/
/iã/
/iɔ̃/
/iũ/
/iãu/
/
checked /iʔ/
/iaʔ/
/
/iɔʔ/
/
/ioʔ/
/
/iuʔ/
/iauʔ/
/ip/
/iap/
/
/it/
/iat/
/
/ik/
/iak/
/
/iɔk/
/ĩʔ/
/iãʔ/
/
/iãuʔ/
/
closed mouth /u/
/ua/
/ue/
/ui/
/uai/
/un/
/
/uan/
/uã/
/uĩ/
/
/uãi/
/
checked /uʔ/
/uaʔ/
/ueʔ/
/ut/
/uat/
/uãiʔ/

The vowel /a/ is the open central unrounded vowel [ä] in most rimes, including /a/, /ua/, /ia/, /ai/, /uai/, /au/, /iau/, /ã/, /ãʔ/.[10][13] In the rimes /ian/ and /iat/, /a/ is realized as [ɛ] (i.e. as [iɛn] and [iɛt̚])[13] or [ə] (i.e. as [iən] and [iət̚]).[10]

The rimes /iŋ/ and /ik/ are usually realized with a short [

Zhao'an and Dongshan, /iŋ/ and /ik/ are pronounced as /eŋ/ and /ek/ instead.[14]

The codas /

t/ and /k/ are unreleased, i.e. [p̚], [t̚] and [k̚], respectively.[10]

Tones

There are seven tones:[10]

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Tone name dark level
陰平 / 阴平
light level
陽平 / 阳平
rising
上聲 / 上声
dark departing
陰去 / 阴去
light departing
陽去 / 阳去
dark entering
陰入 / 阴入
light entering
陽入 / 阳入
Tone contour ˦ (44) ˩˧ (13) ˥˧ (53) ˨˩ (21) ˨ (22) ˧˨ (32) ˩˨˩ (121)
Example hanzi / / / /

Most people in the urban area do not pronounce the dark level tone as high-level, but slightly mid-rising.[10][15] While most sources still records this tone as 44,[16][17] its tone value has also been recorded as 24,[18][19] 45,[20] 34[15] or 35[21] to reflect its rising nature.

Tone sandhi

The Zhangzhou dialect has nine tone sandhi rules: only the last syllable of nouns and clause endings remain unchanged by tone sandhi. The two-syllable tone sandhi rules are shown in the table below:[22]

Tone sandhi of first syllable
Original citation tone Tone sandhi Example word & sandhi
dark level 44 22

/si˦

[si˨

kiŋ˦/

kiŋ˦]

(诗经)

 

 

詩 經

/si˦ kiŋ˦/

[si˨ kiŋ˦]

light level 13 22

/lam˩˧

[lam˨

kiã˦/

kiã˦]

南 京

/lam˩˧ kiã˦/

[lam˨ kiã˦]

rising 53 44

/tsua˥˧

[tsua˦

siɔ̃˦/

siɔ̃˦]

(纸箱)

 

 

紙 箱

/tsua˥˧ siɔ̃˦/

[tsua˦ siɔ̃˦]

dark departing 21 53

/si˨˩

[si˥˧

kan˦/

kan˦]

(世间)

 

 

世 間

/si˨˩ kan˦/

[si˥˧ kan˦]

light departing 22 21

/si˨

[si˨˩

hui˦/

hui˦]

是 非

/si˨ hui˦/

[si˨˩ hui˦]

dark entering 32 coda /-ʔ/ 53
(the glottal stop /-ʔ/ is lost)

/tʰiʔ˧˨

[tʰi˥˧

tiŋ˦/

tiŋ˦]

(铁钉)

 

 

鐵 釘

/tʰiʔ˧˨ tiŋ˦/

[tʰi˥˧ tiŋ˦]

coda /-p/, /-t/, /-k/ 5

/tsiap˧˨

[tsiap˥

siu˦/

siu˦]

接 收

/tsiap˧˨ siu˦/

[tsiap˥ siu˦]

light entering 121 coda /-ʔ/ 21
(the glottal stop /-ʔ/ is lost)

/tsioʔ˩˨˩

[tsio˨˩

suã˦/

suã˦]

石 山

/tsioʔ˩˨˩ suã˦/

[tsio˨˩ suã˦]

coda /-p/, /-t/, /-k/ 21

/lip˩˨˩

[lip˨˩

tsʰun˦/

tsʰun˦]

立 春

/lip˩˨˩ tsʰun˦/

[lip˨˩ tsʰun˦]

Notes

  1. ^ Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[1][2][3]
  2. ^ The place of articulation of the alveolar phonemes /ts/, /tsʰ/, /s/ and /dz/ is slightly further back, as if between that of [ts] and [tɕ]; palatalization of these phonemes is especially obvious before rimes that begin with /i/, e.g. [d͡ʑip̚].[10][11]

References

Sources