Leizhou dialect

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Leizhou dialect (traditional Chinese: 雷州話; simplified Chinese: 雷州话; pinyin: Léizhōu huà) is a dialect of the Min language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in the Leizhou city and its neighbouring areas on the Leizhou peninsula in the west of the Guangdong province.

Contents 1 Classification 2 Geographic distribution 2.1 Dialects 3 Phonetics and Phonology 3.1 Consonants 3.2 Vowels 3.2.1 Monophthongs 3.2.2 Diphthongs 3.3 Syllable structure 3.3.1 Onsets 3.3.2 Rimes 3.4 Tones 3.4.1 Citation tones 3.4.2 Tone Sandhi 4 Grammar 4.1 Morphology 4.2 Syntax 5 Vocabulary 6 History 7 Examples 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Classification

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[edit] Geographic distribution

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[edit] Dialects

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[edit] Phonetics and Phonology

[edit] Consonants

Consonants of the Leizhou dialect

		bilabial	alveolar	velar	glottal
nasals		m	n	ŋ
plosives	voiced	b
	voiceless unaspirated	p	t	k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	kʰ
fricatives	voiced		z
	voiceless		s		h
affricates	voiceless unaspirated		ts
	voiceless aspirated		tsʰ
lateral approximant			l

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[edit] Monophthongs

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[edit] Diphthongs

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[edit] Syllable structure

[edit] Onsets

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[edit] Rimes

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[edit] Tones

Leizhou has six tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

[edit] Citation tones

Tone chart of the Leizhou dialect

Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour	Description
1	yin ping (陰平)	˨˦ (24)	rising
2	yin shang (陰上)	˦˨ (42)	falling (high falling)
3	yin qu (陰去)	˨˩ (21)	bottom (low falling)
4	yin ru (陰入)	˥ʔ (5)	high checked
5	yang ping (陽平)	˨ (22)	low
6	yang shang (陽上)	˧ (33)	mid
7	yang qu (陽去)	˥ (55)	high
8	yang ru (陽入)	˩ʔ (1)	low checked

[edit] Tone Sandhi

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[edit] Grammar

[edit] Morphology

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[edit] Syntax

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[edit] Vocabulary

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[edit] History

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[edit] Examples

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[edit] References

• Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ 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.)

• Zhū, yuèmíng. (2005) "Léizhōuhuà yú Pǔtōnghuà bǐjiàoyīnxì yánjiū" (Comparative phonological studies on the Leizhou dialect and Putonghua) Yúnnán shīfàndàxué xuébào (zhéxué shèhuìkēxué bǎn) (Yunnan Normal University Journal (philosophy and social sciences)): vol.37 no. 5 p.133-136. (朱月明. 2005. "雷州話與普通話音系比較研究" 《雲南師範大學學報 (哲學社會科學版)》: 第 37 卷 第 5 期 頁133-136)

[edit] See also

• Min (linguistics)
• Min Nan
• Taiwanese (linguistics)
• Teochew (dialect)
• List of Chinese dialects

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue report for Southern Min
• Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
• Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika

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