Gutian dialect

Gutian
Gutian
Kŭ-chèng-uâ / 古田話
Native to	Southern China, Malaysia
Region	Gutian, Ningde, Fujian; Sibu, Sarawak; Sitiawan, Manjung, Perak
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Coastal Min Eastern Min Gutian; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Proto-Min ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	79-AAA-ich
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The Gutian dialect (Eastern Min: 古田話) is a dialect of Eastern Min spoken in Gutian, Ningde in northeastern Fujian province, China.

NativetoSouthern China, Malaysia

Early forms

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		Bilabial	Alveolar	Lateral	Velar	Glottal
Stop	Tenuis voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
Stop	Aspirated voiceless	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Fricative	Voiceless		s			h
Fricative	voiced	β	ʒ
Affricate	Tenuis voiceless		ts
Affricate	Aspirated voiceless		tsʰ
Approximant				l

The Coda of the Former Syllable	The Initial Assimilation of the Latter Syllable
Null coda or /-ʔ/	/p/ and /pʰ/ change to /β/; /t/, /tʰ/ and /s/ change to /l/; /k/, /kʰ/ and /h/ change to null initial (without /ʔ/); /ts/ and /tsʰ/ change to /ʒ/; /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ and the null initial remain unchanged.
/-ŋ/	/p/ and /pʰ/ change to /m/; /t/, /tʰ/ /s/ and /l/ change to /n/; /k/, /kʰ/, /h/ and the null initial change to /ŋ/; /ts/ and /tsʰ/ change to /ʒ/; /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ remain unchanged.
/-k̚/	All initials remain unchanged.

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