Jian'ou dialect

Jian'ou
Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事
Pronunciation	[kuiŋ˧˧ ɪ˥˦ ti˦˦]
Native to	Southern China
Region	Jian'ou, Fujian province
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Northern Min Jian'ou
Writing system	Chinese character, Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Bible in Jian'ou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Jian'ou dialect (Min Bei: Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事; Chinese: simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; traditional Chinese: 建甌話; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu huà), also known as Kienow dialect, is a local dialect of Northern Min Chinese spoken in Jian'ou in the north of the Fujian province. It is regarded as the standard common language in Jian'ou.

Phonetics and Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Jian'ou dialect

		bilabial	alveolar	velar
nasal		m	n	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless unaspirated	p	t	k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	kʰ
Affricate	voiceless unaspirated		ts
	voiceless aspirated		tsʰ
Fricative			s	x
Approximant			l

Tones

Citation tones

Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

Tone chart of the Jian'ou dialect

Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour
1	ping sheng (平聲)	˥˦ (54) or ˥ (5)
2	shang sheng (上聲)	˨˩ (21) or ˩ (1)
3	yin qu (陰去)	˨ (2)
4	yang qu (陽去)	˦ (4)
5	yin ru (陰入)	˨˦̚ (24)
6	yang ru (陽入)	˦˨̚ (42)

See also

• Min Chinese
• Min Bei
• Varieties of Chinese

References

• Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé chūbǎnshè.(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)
• Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0-521-29653-6
• Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)

External links

• Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
• Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika
• Jian'ou Romanized Vernacular Bible