Wenzhou dialect

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Wenzhou dialect (traditional Chinese: 溫州話; simplified Chinese: 溫州话; pinyin: wēnzhōuhuà) is a dialect of the Wu language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in Wenzhou in the Zhejiang province.

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[edit] Classification

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In fact, the Wenzhou dialect consists of many sub-dialects. When people refer to the standard Wenzhou Dialect, they usually mean the language spoken by the people living in more developed areas of Wenzhou, i.e. Lucheng, Ouhai, Longwan, Yongjia, Ruian, and Yueqing. Although the dialects spoken by people of the above regions can be understood by each other, they differ from each other in the accent and certain pronunciation.

[edit] Geographic distribution

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[edit] Dialects

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[edit] Phonetics and phonology

[edit] Consonants

Consonants of Wenzhou dialect
  bilabial labio-dental alveolar alveolo-palatal palatal velar glottal
nasal m   n ɲ   ŋ  
plosives voiced b   d     g  
voiceless unaspirated p   t     k  
voiceless aspirated pʰ   tʰ     kʰ  
fricatives voiced   v z       ɦ
voiceless   f s ɕ     h
affricates voiced     dz dʑ      
voiceless unaspirated     ts tɕ      
voiceless aspirated     tsʰ tɕʰ      
approximants         j    
lateral approximants     l        

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Monophthongs

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[edit] Diphthongs

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[edit] Triphthongs

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[edit] Syllable structure

[edit] Onsets

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[edit] Rimes

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[edit] Tones

[edit] Citation tones

Tone chart of Wenzhou dialect
Tone number Tone name Tone contour
1 yin ping (陰平) 44
2 yang ping (陽平) 31
3 yin shang (陰上) 45
4 yang shang (陽上) 34
5 yin qu (陰去) 42
6 yang qu (陽去) 22
7 yin ru (陰入) 323
8 yang ru (陽入) 212

[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] See also

[edit] References

  • Qián,nǎiróng (1992). Dāngdài Wúyǔ yánjiū. (Contemporary Wu linguistics studies). Shànghǎi: shànghǎi jiāoyù chūbǎnshè. (錢乃榮. 1992. 當代吳語研究. 上海敎育出版社) ISBN 7532023559