| Gutian | |
|---|---|
| Kŭ-chèng-uâ / 古田話 | |
| Native to | SouthernChina,Malaysia |
| Region | Gutian,Ningde,Fujian;Sibu,Sarawak;Sitiawan,Manjung,Perak |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ich |
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TheGutian dialect (Eastern Min: 古田話) is a dialect ofEastern Min spoken inGutian,Ningde in northeasternFujian province,China.
The Gutian dialect has 15 initials, 52 rimes and 7 tones.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Lateral | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Tenuisvoiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Aspiratedvoiceless | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | h | |||
| voiced | β | ʒ | ||||
| Affricate | Tenuis voiceless | ts | ||||
| Aspirated voiceless | tsʰ | |||||
| Approximant | l | |||||
| a 嘉 | ɛ 西 | œ 初 | o 歌 |
| i 之 | u 孤 | y 須 | |
| ai 開 | oi 催 | au 郊 | ɛu 抖 |
| ia 遮 | ie 批 | iu 秋 | iau 燒 |
| ua 花 | uo 過 | uai 歪 | ui 輝 |
| uɔi 杯 | yø 橋 | ||
| aɳ 山 | iɳ 賓 | uɳ 春 | yŋ 銀 |
| iaŋ 聲 | ieŋ 天 | uaŋ 歡 | uoŋ 元 |
| yøŋ 香 | eiŋ 燈 | ouŋ 郎 | øyŋ 東 |
| ak 答 | ik 必 | uk 不 | yk 竹 |
| iak 揭 | iek 哲 | uak 撥 | uok 拙 |
| yøk 箬 | eik 八 | ouk 駁 | øyk 北 |
| aʔ 拍 | œʔ 嗝 | oʔ 桌 | iaʔ 壁 |
| uaʔ 劃 | uoʔ 剝 | yøʔ 藥 |
| No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tone name | dark level 陰平 | light level 陽平 | rising 上聲 | dark departing 陰去 | light departing 陽去 | dark entering 陰入 | light entering 陽入 |
| Tone contour | ˥ (55) | ˧ (33) | ˦˨ (42) | ˨˩ (21) | ˧˨˦ (324) | ˨ (2) | ˥ (5) |
The two-syllable initialassimilation rules are shown in the table below:
| The Coda of the Former Syllable | The Initial Assimilation of the Latter Syllable |
|---|---|
| Null coda or/-ʔ/ |
|
| /-ŋ/ |
|
| /-k̚/ | All initials remain unchanged. |
The two-syllable tonalsandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while the columns give the citation tone of the second syllable):
| dark level 55 | light level 33 | rising 42 | dark departing 21 | light departing 324 | dark entering 2 | light entering 5 | |
| dark level 55 | 21+55 | 21+33 | 21+42 | 24+21 | 24+544 | 24+2 | 21+5 |
| light level 33 | 21+42 | 21+21 | 21+324 | 21+2 | |||
| rising 42 | 21+55 | 21+24 | 21+42 | 24+21 | 24+544 | 24+2 | 21+5 |
| dark departing 21 | 33+55 | 33+544 | 33+53 | 24+21 | 55+33 | 55+2 | 33+5 |
| light departing 324 | 55+55 | 544+33 | 544+42 | 42+21 | 544+21 | 42+2 | 55+5 |
| dark entering 2 | 33+55 | 33+55 | 33+53 | 55+21 | 55+33 | 55+2 | 55+5 |
| light entering 5 | 33+55 | 21+33 | 21+42 | 21+21 | 21+324 | 21+2 | 33+5 |