Haikou dialect
Min Chinese dialect of Hainan, China
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The Haikou dialect is a topolect of Chinese and a subvariety of Hainanese spoken in Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province and island of China.
Pronunciation[hai˨˩˧ xau˨˩˧ ue˨˧]
NativetoSouthern China
| Haikou | |
|---|---|
| 海口話 | |
| Pronunciation | [hai˨˩˧ xau˨˩˧ ue˨˧] |
| Native to | Southern China |
| Region | Haikou, Hainan |
Early forms | |
| Bǽh-oe-tu | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | hain1237 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ked |
Phonology
The Haikou dialect has the following initials:[4]
The finals are:[5]
| Vocalic codas | Nasal codas | Stop codas | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | ai | au | am | aŋ | ap | ak | ||
| ia | iau | iam | iaŋ | iap | iak | |||
| ua | uai | uaŋ | uak | |||||
| ɛ | e | eŋ | ek | |||||
| ue | ||||||||
| o | ɔi | ɔu | ɔm | ɔŋ | ɔp | ɔk | ||
| io | iɔŋ | iɔk | ||||||
| i | iu | im | in | ip | it | |||
| u | ui | un | oŋ | uk | ok | |||
There are also two syllabic nasals, /m̩/ and /ŋ̍/.[5]
The tone categories (described using Chao tone letters) are:[5][6]
| level | rising | departing | entering | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| upper | ˨˦ | ˨˩˧ | ˧˥ | ˥ |
| lower | ˨˩ | ˧ | ˧ | |
| ʔ˥ | ||||
