Jinan dialect
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NativetoUrban Jinan in the People's Republic of China
RegionNortheastern China
| Jinan dialect | |
|---|---|
| 濟南話 | |
| Native to | Urban Jinan in the People's Republic of China |
| Region | Northeastern China |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | jina1245 |
The Jinan dialect (simplified Chinese: 济南话; traditional Chinese: 濟南話; pinyin: Jǐnánhuà) is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in Jinan in Shandong province, China. It is a variety of Jilu Mandarin.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Retroflex | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless unaspirated | p | t | k | ||
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless unaspirated | ts | tɕ | tʂ | ||
| voiceless aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | tʂʰ | |||
| Fricative | voiced | ʐ | ||||
| voiceless | f | s | ɕ | ʂ | x | |
| Approximant | l | |||||
Tones
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yin ping (陰平) | ˨˩˧ (213) | dipping |
| 2 | yang ping (陽平) | ˥ (5) | high |
| 3 | shang sheng (上聲) | ˨˦ (24) | rising |
| 4 | qu sheng (去聲) | ˨˩ (21) | low |
