| Shaowu | |
| States: | Southern China |
| Region: | Shaowu, Nanping, Fujian |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Sinitic |
| Fam3: | Chinese |
| Fam4: | Min |
| Fam5: | Inland Min |
| Fam6: | Shao–Jiang Min |
| Ancestor: | Proto-Sino-Tibetan |
| Ancestor2: | Old Chinese |
| Ancestor3: | Proto-Min |
| Script: | Romanized Shaowu |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | shao1235 |
| Glottorefname: | Shaowu |
| Lingua: | 79-AAA-lab |
The Shaowu dialect is a dialect of Shao-Jiang Min Chinese spoken in Shaowu, Nanping in northwestern Fujian province of China. It combines elements from Northern Min and Gan Chinese.
The Shaowu dialect has 20 initials, 46 rimes and 6 tones.
pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /pʰ/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /tʰ/, pronounced as /n/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /t͡sʰ/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /t͡ɕʰ/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /kʰ/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /ɿ/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /ua/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /io/, pronounced as /uo/, pronounced as /ie/, pronounced as /ye/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /uə/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /ai/, pronounced as /uai/, pronounced as /oi/, pronounced as /ei/, pronounced as /uei/, pronounced as /əi/, pronounced as /au/, pronounced as /iau/, pronounced as /ou/, pronounced as /iou/, pronounced as /əu/, pronounced as /an/, pronounced as /in/, pronounced as /uan/, pronounced as /yn/, pronounced as /on/, pronounced as /uon/, pronounced as /en/, pronounced as /ien/, pronounced as /yen/, pronounced as /ən/, pronounced as /uən/, pronounced as /aŋ/, pronounced as /iaŋ/, pronounced as /uaŋ/, pronounced as /oŋ/, pronounced as /ioŋ/, pronounced as /uoŋ/, pronounced as /ŋ̍/, pronounced as /iuŋ/, pronounced as /uŋ/
| No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tone name | dark level 陰平 | light level 陽平 | rising 上聲 | dark departing 陰去 | light departing 陽去 | entering 入聲 |
| Tone contour | pronounced as /˨˩/ (21) | pronounced as /˨/ (22) | pronounced as /˥/ (55) | pronounced as /˨˩˧/ (213) | pronounced as /˧˥/ (35) | pronounced as /˥˧/ (53) |