Jinan dialect explained
Jinan dialect |
Nativename: | 濟南話 |
States: | Urban Jinan in the People's Republic of China |
Region: | Northeastern China |
Speakers: | ? |
Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
Fam2: | Sinitic |
Fam3: | Chinese |
Fam4: | Mandarin |
Fam5: | Jilu Mandarin |
Isoexception: | dialect |
Glotto: | jina1245 |
Glottorefname: | Jinan Mandarin |
Notice: | IPA |
The Jinan dialect is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in Jinan in Shandong province, China. It is a variety of Jilu Mandarin.
Phonetics and phonology
Consonants
! Labial! Alveolar! Alveolo-palatal! Retroflex! VelarNasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ |
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Plosive | voiceless unaspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ |
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voiceless aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ |
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Affricate | voiceless unaspirated | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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voiceless aspirated | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Fricative | voiced | | | | pronounced as /link/ | |
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voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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Approximant | | pronounced as /link/ | | | | |
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Tones
Tone chart of the Jinan dialectTone number | | | Description |
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1 | yin ping (Chinese: 陰平) | pronounced as /˨˩˧/ (213) | dipping |
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2 | yang ping (Chinese: 陽平) | pronounced as /˥/ (5) | high |
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3 | shang sheng (Chinese: 上聲) | pronounced as /˨˦/ (24) | rising |
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4 | qu sheng (Chinese: 去聲) | pronounced as /˨˩/ (21) | low | |
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See also
References
- Běijīng dàxué Zhōngguó yǔyán wénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé 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: CUP
- Yuán, Jiāhuá. (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)
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