Jian'ou dialect

Jian'ou
Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事
Pronunciation	[kuiŋ˧˧ ɪ˥˦ ti˦˦]
Native to	Southern China
Region	Jian'ou, Fujian province
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Northern Min Jian'ou
Writing system	Chinese character, Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Bible in Jian'ou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Jian'ou dialect (Northern Min: Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事; Chinese: simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; traditional Chinese: 建甌話; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu huà), also known as Kienow dialect, is a local dialect of Northern Min Chinese spoken in Jian'ou in the north of the Fujian province. It is regarded as the standard common language in Jian'ou.

Phonetics and Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Jian'ou dialect
		bilabial	alveolar	velar
nasal		m	n	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless unaspirated	p	t	k
Plosive	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	kʰ
Affricate	voiceless unaspirated		ts
Affricate	voiceless aspirated		tsʰ
Fricative			s	x
Approximant			l

Tones

Citation tones

Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

Tone chart of the Jian'ou dialect
Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour
1	ping sheng (平聲)	˥˦ (54) or ˥ (5)
2	shang sheng (上聲)	˨˩ (21) or ˩ (1)
3	yin qu (陰去)	˨ (2)
4	yang qu (陽去)	˦ (4)
5	yin ru (陰入)	˨˦̚ (24)
6	yang ru (陽入)	˦˨̚ (42)

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 0-521-29653-6
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.)

External links

Lien, Chinfa (1990). "Competing final systems in the Jian'ou dialect" (PDF). Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies 20 (1): 1–53.
Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika
Jian'ou Romanized Vernacular Bible

Min Chinese

Languages

Eastern Min

Southern subgroup	Fuzhou dialect Minhou dialect Lianjiang dialect Fuqing dialect Changle dialect Gutian dialect Pingtan dialect Luoyuan dialect Yongtai dialect Youxi dialect Ningde dialect Weili dialect Matsu dialect

Northern subgroup	Xiapu dialect Fu'an dialect Zherong dialect Fuding dialect Shouning dialect Zhouning dialect

Mango dialect	Taishun Manjiang Cangnan Manhua

Southern Min

Hokkien	Amoy dialect Taiwanese Hokkien Quanzhou dialect Zhangzhou dialect Jinjiang dialect Longyan Min Zhangping dialect Toubei dialect Nan'an dialect Anxi dialect Longhai dialect Hui'an dialect Philippine Hokkien Singaporean Hokkien Medan Hokkien Northern Malaysian Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Riau Hokkien

Chao-Shan Min	Teochew dialect Shantou dialect Hailufeng dialect Jieyang dialect Puning dialect Chenghai dialect Chaoyang dialect Nan'ao dialect Raoping dialect Huilai dialect Bangkok Teochew Cambodia Teochew Kalimantan Teochew

Datian Min	Datian Min

Zhenan Min	Cangnan dialect Pingyang dialect Dongtou dialect Yuhuan dialect

Zhongshan Min	Longdu dialect Nanlang dialect Sanxiang dialect Zhangjiabian dialect

Pu-Xian Min
(Hinghwa)

Northern Min

Jian'ou dialect
Jianyang dialect
Chong'an dialect
Songxi dialect
Zhenghe dialect

Shao-Jiang Min

Shaowu dialect
Jiangle dialect
Guangze dialect
Shunchang dialect

Central Min

Qiong-Lei Min

Hainanese

Fucheng subgroup	Haikou dialect Ding'an dialect Chengmai dialect Tunchang dialect

Wenchang subgroup	Wenchang dialect Qionghai dialect

Wanning subgroup	Wanning dialect Lingshui dialect

Yaxian subgroup	Yaxian dialect

Changgan subgroup	Changjiang dialect

Leizhou Min

Leizhou Min

Writing system

type

Logogram	Chinese characters

Phonogram	Pe̍h-ōe-jī Pêh-uē-jī Hainan Romanized Foochow Romanized Fu'an Romanized Hinghwa Romanized Kienning Colloquial Romanized Taiwanese Romanization System Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet Daighi tongiong pingim Bbánlám pìngyīm Teochew Transliteration Scheme Hainanese Transliteration Scheme Fuzhou dialect Transliteration Scheme Jian'ou dialect Transliteration Scheme

Mix	Hàn-lô

Research

relative languages	Proto-Min Coastal Min Inland Min

Rime dictionaries	Qi Lin Bayin Anqiang Bayin Qiyin Zihui Bayin Dingjue Paizhang Zhiyin Dujiangshu Shiwuyin Huiyin Miaowu Zengbu Huiyin Chaosheng Shiwuyin Jimu Zhiyin Chaoyu Shiwuyin Jianzhou Bayin

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