| Jinan dialect | |
|---|---|
| 濟南話 | |
| Native to | Urban Jinan in the People's Republic of China |
| Region | Northeastern China |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | jina1245 |
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.
Phonetics and Phonology
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 |
See also
- Varieties of Chinese
References
- Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ 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 0-521-29653-6
- 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.)
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