Old Guangde dialect explained

Old Guangde dialect
Nativename:老廣德話
States:People's Republic of China
Region:Guangde county in Anhui province
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Wu
Fam4:Taihu
Fam5:Su-Jia-Hu
Isoexception:dialect
Linglist:wuu-tai
Glotto:none

The Old Guangde dialect is a Northern Wu dialect spoken in southeastern Anhui province in southeastern Guangde county, China. It is now losing ground to the New Guangde dialect, a Jianghuai Mandarin dialect. It is closely related to Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect, but its closest relative is the Huzhou dialect. It is a Northern Wu dialect exclave surrounded by speakers of Jianghuai Mandarin and Xuanzhou Wu.

Phonology

Initials

p Chinese: 布別 Chinese: 怕泡 b Chinese: 步盤 m Chinese: 門妹 f Chinese: 飛夫 v Chinese: 符飯
t Chinese: 到黨 Chinese: 太討 d Chinese: 同地 l Chinese: 難路
k Chinese: 高貴 Chinese: 開快 g Chinese: ŋ Chinese: 牙硬 h Chinese: 灰化 ɦ Chinese: 話紅
ʨ Chinese: 精檢主 ʨʰ Chinese: 秋去醜 ʥ Chinese: 旗橋 ȵ Chinese: 女日硯 ɕ Chinese: 修收書 ʑ Chinese: 玄蛇
ts Chinese: 招爭祖 tsʰ Chinese: 昌倉初 dz Chinese: 曹蟲鋤 s Chinese: 三生聲 z Chinese:
Ø Chinese: 耳姨午雲

Finals

ɿ Chinese: 絲支 i Chinese: 蛇爺天弟飛 u Chinese: 古午 ʮ Chinese: 雨書
ɚ Chinese: 耳兒
a Chinese: 爬啞 ia Chinese: 亞架 ua Chinese: 瓜話
ɛ Chinese: 袋膽 Chinese: 香張 Chinese: 怪關
Chinese: ie Chinese:
ɯ Chinese: 猴盤短岸 Chinese: 流手 Chinese: 官碗
o Chinese:
ɔ Chinese: 保桃 Chinese: 條繞
ei Chinese: 被妹 uei Chinese: 桂灰 yei Chinese: 水船圓
en Chinese: 根門 in Chinese: 心認 un Chinese: 溫魂 yn Chinese: 雲閏
Chinese: 黨床 iaŋ Chinese: 將揚 uaŋ Chinese: 光黃
Chinese: 從紅翁 ioŋ Chinese: 窮雄
Chinese: 辣甲  iaʔ Chinese: 甲腳藥 uaʔ Chinese: 刮滑
əʔ Chinese: 色割白北百 iəʔ Chinese: 踢鐵熱 yəʔ Chinese: 缺月
Chinese: 綠合落郭 ioʔ Chinese: 欲約確 uoʔ Chinese: 谷國活
Chinese:

Tones

Traditional description Tone Examples
陰平 Yin Ping 34(33) 高天三開
陽平 Yang Ping 14 陳盤窮田
陰上 Yin Shang 54(55) 古姐麻娘
陽上 Yang Shang 21 老女近父
去聲 Qu Sheng 324 蓋放岸用
共大樹飯
陰入 Yin Ru 5 急尺藥合
陰上 Yin Shang 12 食讀服實