Zhangzhou dialects

Collection of Hokkien dialects

Zhangzhou

漳州話 / 漳州话 (Chiang-chiu-ōa)
Pronunciation| [tsiaŋ˨ tsiu˨ ua˨]
Native to| China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines.
Region| city of Zhangzhou, southern Fujian province

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

* Sinitic
* Chinese
* Min
* Coastal Min
* Southern Min
* Hokkien
* Zhangzhou

Early forms

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

* Old Chinese[a]
* Proto-Min

Language codes
ISO 639-3| –
Glottolog| `fuji1236`
Linguasphere| `79-AAA-jed`

Zhangzhou dialect

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The Zhangzhou dialects (simplified Chinese: 漳州话; traditional Chinese: 漳州話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiang-chiu-ōa), also rendered Changchew,[4] Chiangchew or Changchow,[5] are a collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou. The Zhangzhou dialect proper is the source of some place names in English, including Amoy (from [ɛ˨˩ mui˩˧], now called Xiamen), and Quemoy (from [kim˨ mui˩˧], now called Kinmen).

## Classification

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The Zhangzhou dialects are classified as Hokkien, a group of Southern Min varieties.[6] In Fujian, the Zhangzhou dialects form the southern subgroup (南片) of Southern Min.[7] The dialect of urban Zhangzhou is one of the oldest dialects of Southern Min, and along with the urban Quanzhou dialect, it forms the basis for all modern varieties.[8] When compared with other varieties of Hokkien, it has an intelligibility of 89.0% with the Amoy dialect and 79.7% with the urban Quanzhou dialect.[9]

## Phonology

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This section is mostly based on the variety spoken in the urban area of Zhangzhou.

### Initials

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There are 15 phonemic initials:[10]

| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal

|
|
|
|

plain | sibilant[b]
Plosive/
Affricate | plain | /p/ ⟨p⟩
邊 / 边  | /t/ ⟨t⟩
地  | /ts/ ⟨ch⟩
曾  | /k/ ⟨k⟩
求  | /ʔ/ ⟨-⟩

aspirated | /pʰ/ ⟨ph⟩
頗 / 颇  | /tʰ/ ⟨th⟩
他  | /tsʰ/ ⟨chh⟩
出  | /kʰ/ ⟨kh⟩
氣 / 气  |
voiced | /b/ ⟨b⟩
門 / 门  |  | /dz/ ⟨j⟩
熱 / 热  | /g/ ⟨g⟩
語 / 语  |
Fricative |  |  | /s/ ⟨s⟩
時 / 时  |  | /h/ ⟨h⟩

Lateral |  | /l/ ⟨l⟩
柳  |  |  |

When the rime is nasalized, the three voiced phonemes /b/, /l/ and /g/ are realized as the nasals [m], [n] and [ŋ], respectively.[10][11]

### Rimes

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There are 85 rimes:[10][12]

| Open syllable  | Nasal coda  | Nasal vowel coda

|
|
|

open mouth |  | /a/
阿 | /ɔ/
烏 / 乌 | /o/
好 | /e/
鞋 | /ɛ/
家 | /ai/
愛 / 爱 | /au/
歐 / 欧 | /m̩/
毋 | /am/
庵 | /ɔm/
森 | /an/
按 | /ŋ̍/
霜 | /aŋ/
港 | /ɔŋ/
王 | /ã/
餡 / 馅 | /ɔ̃/
毛 | /ɛ̃/
暝 | /ãi/
妹 | /ãu/

checked | /aʔ/
鴨 / 鸭 | /ɔʔ/
嘔 / 呕 | /oʔ/
學 / 学 | /eʔ/
八 | /ɛʔ/
百 |  | /auʔ/
落 | /m̩ʔ/
默 | /ap/
合 | /ɔp/
啑 | /at/
達 / 达 | /ŋ̍ʔ/
嗆 / 呛 | /ak/
六 | /ɔk/
國 / 国 | /ãʔ/
焓 | /ɔ̃ʔ/
膜 | /ɛ̃ʔ/
脈 / 脉 |  | /ãuʔ/
澩 / 泶
even teeth |  | /i/
魚 / 鱼 | /ia/
椰 | /io/
叫 |  | /iu/
油 | /iau/
鳥 / 鸟 |  | /im/
心 | /iam/
薟 / 莶 | /in/
今 | /ian/
燕 | /iŋ/
星 | /iaŋ/
央 | /iɔŋ/
衝 / 冲 | /ĩ/
圓 / 圆 | /iã/
影 | /iɔ̃/
娘 | /iũ/
妞 | /iãu/
貓 / 猫
checked | /iʔ/
滴 | /iaʔ/
頁 / 页 | /iɔʔ/
諾 / 诺 | /ioʔ/
藥 / 药 | /iuʔ/
喌 | /iauʔ/
寂 |  | /ip/
入 | /iap/
葉 / 叶 | /it/
必 | /iat/
滅 / 灭 | /ik/
色 | /iak/
約 / 约 | /iɔk/
祝 | /ĩʔ/
物 | /iãʔ/
嚇 / 吓 |  |  | /iãuʔ/
蟯 / 蛲
closed mouth |  | /u/
有 | /ua/
花 | /ue/
火 | /ui/
水 | /uai/
歪 |  |  | /un/
溫 / 温 | /uan/
完 |  |  |  |  |  | /uã/
山 | /uĩ/
黃 / 黄 | /uãi/
檨 / 檨 |  |
checked | /uʔ/
托 | /uaʔ/
辣 | /ueʔ/
郭 |  |  |  |  | /ut/
骨 | /uat/
越 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | /uãiʔ/
跩 |  |

The vowel /a/ is the open central unrounded vowel [ä] in most rimes, including /a/, /ua/, /ia/, /ai/, /uai/, /au/, /iau/, /ã/, /ãʔ/.[10][13] In the rimes /ian/ and /iat/, /a/ is realized as [ɛ] (i.e. as [iɛn] and [iɛt̚])[13] or [ə] (i.e. as [iən] and [iət̚]).[10]

The rimes /iŋ/ and /ik/ are usually realized with a short [ə] between the vowel [i] and the velar consonant.[10] In many areas outside of the urban area of Zhangzhou, including Pinghe, Changtai, Yunxiao, Zhao'an and Dongshan, /iŋ/ and /ik/ are pronounced as /eŋ/ and /ek/ instead.[14]

The codas /p/, /t/ and /k/ are unreleased, i.e. [p̚], [t̚] and [k̚], respectively.[10]

### Tones

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There are seven tones:[10]

No.  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Tone name  | dark level
陰平 / 阴平 | light level
陽平 / 阳平 | rising
上聲 / 上声 | dark departing
陰去 / 阴去 | light departing
陽去 / 阳去 | dark entering
陰入 / 阴入 | light entering
陽入 / 阳入
Tone contour  | ˦ (44)  | ˩˧ (13)  | ˥˧ (53)  | ˨˩ (21)  | ˨ (22)  | ˧˨ (32)  | ˩˨˩ (121)
Example hanzi  | 東 / 东 | 同 | 董 | 棟 / 栋 | 動 / 动 | 督 | 獨 / 独

Most people in the urban area do not pronounce the dark level tone as high-level, but slightly mid-rising.[10][15] While most sources still records this tone as 44,[16][17] its tone value has also been recorded as 24,[18][19] 45,[20] 34[15] or 35[21] to reflect its rising nature.

### Tone sandhi

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The Zhangzhou dialect has nine tone sandhi rules: only the last syllable of nouns and clause endings remain unchanged by tone sandhi. The two-syllable tone sandhi rules are shown in the table below:[22]

Tone sandhi of first syllable  Original citation tone  | Tone sandhi  | Example word & sandhi

|
|

dark level 44  | 22  |

/si˦

[si˨

kiŋ˦/

kiŋ˦]

(诗经)

詩 經

/si˦ kiŋ˦/

[si˨ kiŋ˦]

light level 13  | 22  |

/lam˩˧

[lam˨

kiã˦/

kiã˦]

南 京

/lam˩˧ kiã˦/

[lam˨ kiã˦]

rising 53  | 44  |

/tsua˥˧

[tsua˦

siɔ̃˦/

siɔ̃˦]

(纸箱)

紙 箱

/tsua˥˧ siɔ̃˦/

[tsua˦ siɔ̃˦]

dark departing 21  | 53  |

/si˨˩

[si˥˧

kan˦/

kan˦]

(世间)

世 間

/si˨˩ kan˦/

[si˥˧ kan˦]

light departing 22  | 21  |

/si˨

[si˨˩

hui˦/

hui˦]

是 非

/si˨ hui˦/

[si˨˩ hui˦]

dark entering 32 | coda /-ʔ/ | 53
(the glottal stop /-ʔ/ is lost)  |

/tʰiʔ˧˨

[tʰi˥˧

tiŋ˦/

tiŋ˦]

(铁钉)

鐵 釘

/tʰiʔ˧˨ tiŋ˦/

[tʰi˥˧ tiŋ˦]

coda /-p/, /-t/, /-k/ | 5 |

/tsiap˧˨

[tsiap˥

siu˦/

siu˦]

接 收

/tsiap˧˨ siu˦/

[tsiap˥ siu˦]

light entering 121 | coda /-ʔ/ | 21
(the glottal stop /-ʔ/ is lost)  |

/tsioʔ˩˨˩

[tsio˨˩

suã˦/

suã˦]

石 山

/tsioʔ˩˨˩ suã˦/

[tsio˨˩ suã˦]

coda /-p/, /-t/, /-k/ | 21  |

/lip˩˨˩

[lip˨˩

tsʰun˦/

tsʰun˦]

立 春

/lip˩˨˩ tsʰun˦/

[lip˨˩ tsʰun˦]

## Notes

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1. ^ Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[1][2][3]
2. ^ The place of articulation of the alveolar phonemes /ts/, /tsʰ/, /s/ and /dz/ is slightly further back, as if between that of [ts] and [tɕ]; palatalization of these phonemes is especially obvious before rimes that begin with /i/, e.g. 入 [d͡ʑip̚].[10][11]

## References

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1. ^ Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR 2718766
2. ^ Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
4. ^ Douglas 1873, p. 607.
5. ^ Phillips 1877, p. 122.
6. ^ Zhou 2012, p. 111.
7. ^ Huang 1998, p. 99.
8. ^ Ding 2016, p. 3.
9. ^ Cheng 1999, p. 241.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Zhangzhou City Local Chronicles Editorial Board 1999, ch. 1, sec. 1.
11. ^ a b Gao 2001, p. 110.
12. ^ Zhangzhou City Local Chronicles Editorial Board 1999, ch. 1, sec. 4.
13. ^ a b Gao 2001, p. 112.
14. ^ Zhangzhou City Local Chronicles Editorial Board 1999, ch. 1, sec. 6.
15. ^ a b Yang 2014.
16. ^ Lin 1992, p. 151.
17. ^ Ma 2008, p. 103.
18. ^ Tung 1959, p. 853.
19. ^ Hirayama 1975, p. 183.
20. ^ Gao 2001, p. 113.
21. ^ Huang 2018, p. 75.
22. ^ Zhangzhou City Local Chronicles Editorial Board 1999, ch. 1, sec. 2.

## Sources

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* Douglas, Rev. Carstairs (1873). Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, with the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew dialects. London: Trübner & Co.
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Other varieties|

* Cantonese
* Hokkien
* Hakka

History, phonology, and grammar

| History|

* Old Chinese
* Eastern Han
* Middle Chinese
* Old Mandarin
* Middle Mandarin
* Proto-Min
* Proto-Hakka
* Ba–Shu
* Gan

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Phonology|

* Historical
* Old
* Old National
* Cantonese
* Hokkien
* Northern Wu
* Mandarin
* Literary and colloquial readings

Grammar|

* Numerals
* Classifiers
* Honorifics
* Cantonese grammar
* Classical grammar

Idioms|

* Chengyu
* Xiehouyu

Written Chinese and input methods

| Literary forms|

| Official|

* Classical
* Adoption
* in Japan
* in Vietnam
* Vernacular

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* Written Cantonese
* Written Dungan
* Written Hokkien
* Written Sichuanese

Scripts|

| Logographic|

| Script styles|

* Oracle bone
* Bronze
* Seal
* Clerical
* Semi-cursive
* Cursive

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* Chinese characters
* Simplified
* Traditional
* Punctuation

Braille|

* Cantonese
* Mainland Chinese
* Taiwanese
* Two-cell

Phonetic|

* Romanization
* Gwoyeu Romatzyh
* Hanyu Pinyin
* MPS II
* Postal
* Tongyong Pinyin
* Wade–Giles
* EFEO
* Lessing-Othmer
* Yale
* Cyrillization
* Dungan Cyrillic
* Bopomofo
* Cantonese Bopomofo
* Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols
* Taiwanese kana
* Taiwanese Hangul
* Xiao'erjing
* Nüshu

Input methods|

| Logographic|

* Biaoxingma
* Boshiamy [zh]
* Cangjie
* Simplified
* CKC
* Dayi
* Stroke count
* Wubi (Wang Ma)
* ZhengMa
* Q9

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Pinyin|

* Google
* Microsoft
* Sogou

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