Ningde dialect
Ningde dialect | |
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寧德話 | |
Native to | Ningde, Fujian |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-icb |
Ningde dialect (Eastern Min: 寧德話) is a dialect of Eastern Min Chinese spoken in urban area of Ningde, which is a prefecture-level city in the northeastern coast of Fujian province.
Phonology
Ningde dialect has 15 initials, 78 rimes and 7 tones.
Initials
p, pʰ, m, t, tʰ, n, l, ts, tsʰ, s, k, kʰ, ŋ, x, ʔ
Rimes
10 monophthongs: a, ɛ, œ, ø, ɔ, o, i, u, y
18 compound vowels: ai, ei, ɔi, oi, øy, au, ɛu, eu, ou, ia, ie, iu, iɐu, ua, uo, ui, uai, uoi
15 nasal rimes: aŋ, ɛŋ, eŋ, œŋ, øŋ, ɔŋ, oŋ, iŋ, uŋ, yŋ, iaŋ, iɛŋ, uaŋ, uoŋ, yøŋ
26 checked rimes: aʔ, ɛʔ, œʔ, øʔ, ɔʔ, iʔ, iaʔ, iɛʔ, uaʔ, uoʔ, yøʔ, ak̚, ɛk̚, ek̚, œk̚, øk̚, ɔk̚, ok̚, ik̚, uk̚, yk̚, iak̚, iɛk̚, uak̚, uok̚, yøk̚
These 6 nasal rimes tend to merge into nasal rimes ending with coda -ŋ, and will disappear in future: am, ɛm, em, im, iɛm, ɔn
These 5 checked rimes tend to merge into nasal rimes ending with coda -k̚, and will disappear in future: ap̚, ɛp̚, ep̚, ip̚, iɛp̚
Tones
No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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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 | ˦ (44) | ˨ (22) | ˦˨ (42) | ˧˥ (35) | ˧˧˨ (332) | ˨ (2) | ˥ (5) |
Initial assimilation
The two-syllable initial assimilation rules are shown in the table below:
Coda of the Former Syllable | Initial Assimilation |
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Null coda | The initial of the latter syllable may change: |
Nasal coda | The initial of the latter syllable may change:
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checked coda | The former syllable lost its checked coda at first; then, the initial assimilation of latter syllable follow the law above. |
checked coda /-p̚/ | The Initial of latter syllable change to /p/ while the former syllable lost its checked coda /-p̚/ |
Tone sandhi
Ningde dialect has extremely extensive tone sandhi rules: in an utterance, only the last syllable pronounced is not affected by the rules. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the columns give the first syllable's original citation tone, while the rows give the citation tone of the second syllable):
dark level 44 |
light level 22 |
rising 42 |
dark departing 35 |
light departing 332 |
dark entering 2 |
light entering 5 | |
dark level 44 |
21 | 44 | 21 | 44 | 21 | ||
light level 22 |
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rising 42 |
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dark departing 35 |
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light departing 332 |
21 | 44 | 21 | 44 | 21 | ||
dark entering 2 |
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light entering 5 |
21 | 44 | 21 | 44 | 21 |
References
- Compilation Commission of Chorography of Ningde City 宁德市地方志编纂委员会 (1995). Ning de shi zhi 宁德市志 ["Chorography of Ningde City"]. Vol. 31. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01543-3.