Fu'an dialect
Dialect of Eastern Min
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The Fu'an dialect (福安話) is a dialect of Eastern Min, which is a branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the eastern part of Fujian Province, China.
NativetoSouthern China
Early forms
| Fu'an | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Southern China |
| Region | Ningde, Fu'an, Shouning, Zhouning and Zherong, Fujian province |
Early forms | |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 | fuua |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ibc |
The Fu'an dialect covers two city and three counties: Ningde, Fu'an, Shouning, Zhouning and Zherong County.
Phonology
The Fu'an dialect has 18 initials, 50 rimes and 7 tones.
Initials
Rimes
Tones
| 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 | ˧˧˨ 332 | ˨ 22 | ˦˨ 42 | ˧˥ 35 | ˨˧ 23 | ˥ 5 | ˨ 2 |
Progressive assimilation
| The Coda of the Former Syllable | The initial assimilation of the Latter Syllable |
|---|---|
| Null coda |
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| coda /-ŋ/ |
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| coda /-k̚/ |
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Anticipatory assimilation
Tone sandhi
The two-syllable tonal sandhi 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). Shaded cells indicate that tones of both the first and second syllables undergo change.
| dark level 332 |
light level 22 |
rising 42 |
dark departing 35 |
light departing 23 |
dark entering 5 |
light entering 2 | |
| dark level 332 |
55 | 55 | 44 | 44 | |||
| light level 22 |
332 | 35+42 | 55 | 44 | 44 | ||
| rising 42 |
23+332 | 35+42 | 55 | 44 | 44 | ||
| dark departing 35 |
55 | 55 | 44 | 44 | |||
| light departing 23 |
55 | 55 | 44 | 44 | |||
| dark entering 5 |
55 | 55 | 44 | 44 | |||
| light entering 2 |
35+5 | 55 | 44 | 44 | |||