Qingtian dialect

Qingtian
青田話 Chin1-dia2-wu6
Pronunciationtɕiŋ³³⁴ tiɑ³¹ ɦu²²
Native toPeople's Republic of China, Countries with significant populations of Qingtianese diaspora
RegionQingtian county, Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang province
Native speakers
~518,000
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
qing1241  Qingtian

The Qingtian dialect (simplified Chinese: 青田话; traditional Chinese: 青田話; pinyin: Qīngtiánhuà, Wugniu: Chin1-dia2-wu6) is a dialect of the Chinese language, and is one of the Chuqu dialects of Wu Chinese spoken in Quzhou and Lishui prefectures of Zhejiang.[1]

Aside from being spoken in Qingtian county of Lishui prefecture in Zhejiang, China, the dialect is also widely spoken in countries where diasporas from Qingtian settle.

Phonology

The standard version of Qingtian dialect is based on the town of Hecheng (鹤城, go4-yin2), and has 29 initials, 49 finals, and 8 tones.

Initials Table of Qingtian Dialect
p1 班包 t1 丹當 k 街狗 ts 齋基 姜专
攀抛 攤湯 揩口 tsʰ 搓妻 tɕʰ 枪川
b 排旁 d 談堂 g白讀文讀 dz 站奇 强權
m 媽忙 n 奶閙 ŋ文讀 ȵ 你元
f 翻方 h 喊吼 s 山西 ɕ 相宣
v 凡房 ɦ 鞋侯 z 柴齊 j 祥員
l 拉郎

See also

References

  1. ^ Tolchinsky, Liliana; Salas, Naymé (2009). "Written Representations of Nominal Morphology by Chinese and Moroccan Children Learning a Romance Language". In Bazerman, Charles; et al. (eds.). Traditions of Writing Research (illustrated ed.). New York: Routledge. p. 154. doi:10.4324/9780203892329-19. ISBN 978-0-415-99337-1. Eighty-four children participate in the study: 28 Chinese children, mostly from Zhejiang—a province south to Shanghai, speakers of Qing Tian Hua; 26 Moroccan children mostly from North Morocco, speakers of Darija—i.e., Moroccan Arabic...