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! Velar
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Plosive voiceless unaspiratedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/
voiceless aspiratedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/
Affricatevoiceless unaspirated pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ 
voiceless aspirated pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ 
Fricativevoiced   pronounced as /link/
voicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximant pronounced as /link/  

Tones

Tone chart of the Jinan dialect
Tone number Description
1yin ping (Chinese: 陰平)pronounced as /˨˩˧/ (213) dipping
2yang ping (Chinese: 陽平)pronounced as /˥/ (5) high
3shang sheng (Chinese: 上聲)pronounced as /˨˦/ (24) rising
4qu sheng (Chinese: 去聲)pronounced as /˨˩/ (21) low

See also

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