Leizhou dialect

Leizhou dialect (zh-tsp|t=雷州話|s=雷州话|p=Léizhōu huà) is a dialect of the Min language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in the Leizhou city and its neighbouring areas on the Leizhou peninsula in the west of the Guangdong province.

Classification

Geographic distribution

Dialects

Phonetics and Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Monophthongs

Diphthongs

Syllable structure

=Onsets=

=Rimes=

=Tones=

Leizhou has six tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

Citation tones

Tone Sandhi

Grammar

=Morphology=

Syntax

Vocabulary

History

Examples

References

*Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H"ànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì". Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé chūbǎnshè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
*Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). "Chinese". Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0521296536
*Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). "Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào" (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)

*Zhū, yuèmíng. (2005) "Léizhōuhuà yú Pǔtōnghuà bǐjiàoyīnxì yánjiū" (Comparative phonological studies on the Leizhou dialect and Putonghua) "Yúnnán shīfàndàxué xuébào (zhéxué shèhuìkēxué bǎn)" (Yunnan Normal University Journal (philosophy and social sciences)): vol.37 no. 5 p.133-136. (朱月明. 2005. "雷州話與普通話音系比較研究" 《雲南師範大學學報 (哲學社會科學版)》: 第 37 卷 第 5 期 頁133-136)

ee also

* Min Chinese
* Min Nan
* Taiwanese
* Teochew (dialect)
* List of Chinese dialects

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nan Ethnologue report for Southern Min]
* [http://www.chiculture.net/0604/html/c12/0604c12.html Cantonese and other dialects] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/classification/min/minbei/index.php Classification of Northern Min Dialects from Glossika]