Qingtian dialect
| Qingtian | |
|---|---|
| 青田話 Chin1-dia2-wu6 | |
| Pronunciation | tɕiŋ³³⁴ tiɑ³¹ ɦu²² |
| Native to | People's Republic of China, Countries with significant populations of Qingtianese diaspora |
| Region | Qingtian county, Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang province |
Native speakers | ~518,000 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | Noneqing1241 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.
| p1 班包 | t1 丹當 | k 街狗 | ts 齋基 | tɕ 姜专 |
| pʰ 攀抛 | tʰ 攤湯 | kʰ 揩口 | tsʰ 搓妻 | tɕʰ 枪川 |
| b 排旁 | d 談堂 | g 銜白讀厚文讀 | dz 站奇 | dʑ 强權 |
| m 媽忙 | n 奶閙 | ŋ 蟻文讀牛 | 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
- ^ 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...
External links
- A Study on the Phonetics of the Qingtian Dialect Archived 2021-12-23 at the Wayback Machine