The Shuangfeng dialect (simplified Chinese: 双峰话; traditional Chinese: 雙峰話; pinyin: Shuāngfēnghuà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province, China.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Vowels/Combinations of the Shuangfeng dialect
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∅
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coda
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a
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e
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i
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u
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n
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ŋ
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əu
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ya
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ye
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yɛn
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an
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io
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iɤ
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iʊ
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ua
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ue
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ui
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uan
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uĩ
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ɹ̩
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n̩
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m̩
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Tones
Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. Phonetically, however, the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant so the tones are counted as five:
Tone chart of the Shuangfeng dialect
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Tone name |
Tone contour |
Description
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yin ping (陰平) |
˥ (55) |
high
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yang ping (陽平) |
˨˧ (23) |
low rising
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| 3
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shang sheng (上聲) |
˨˩ (21) |
low
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| 4
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yin qu (陰去) |
˧˥ (35) |
high rising
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| 5
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yang qu (陽去) |
˧ (33) |
mid
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See also
References
- Běijīng dàxué zhōngguó yǔyán wénxué xì yǔyán xué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè.(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)
- Coblin, W. South. (2011). Comparative Phonology of the Central Xiāng Dialects. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
- Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0-521-29653-6
- Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-018366-8
- Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)
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