Wuhan dialect
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Wuhan dialect | |
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武汉话 | |
Native to | China |
Region | Wuhan, Hubei |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
cmn-xwu | |
Glottolog | None |
The Wuhan dialect (simplified Chinese: 武汉话; traditional Chinese: 武漢話, local pronunciation: [u⁴²xan¹³xua³⁵]; pinyin: Wǔhànhuà), also known as the Hankou dialect, belongs to the Wu–Tian branch of Southwest Mandarin spoken in Wuhan, Tianmen and surrounding areas in Hubei, China. The Wuhan dialect has limited mutual intelligibility with Standard Chinese. Grammatically, it has been observed to have a similar aspect system with Xiang Chinese.[1]
Phonology[]
Tones[]
Like other Southwest Mandarin varieties, there are four tones. Words with the checked tone in Middle Chinese became the light level tone.
- Dark level 55 (also 44)
- Light level 312
- Rising 42
- Falling 35
- Neutral
Middle Chinese tone class | Wuhan | Example |
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āōēīūǖ | 拉 (la55) | |
ǎǒěǐǔǚ | 爸 (pa213) | |
Rising tone | àòèìùǜ | �� (zou42) |
falling tone | áóéíúǘ | 叫 (tɕiau35) |
neutral tone | . |
References[]
- ^ Zhang, Shiliang (2015). The Wuhan Dialect: A Hybrid Southwestern Mandarin Variety of Sinitic (MA thesis). The University of Hong Kong. doi:10.5353/th_b5481914. hdl:10722/211145.
Categories:
- Languages with Linglist code
- Hubei
- Mandarin Chinese
- Wuhan