Wenzhou dialect

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Wenzhou dialect (traditional Chinese: 溫州話; simplified Chinese: 溫州话; pinyin: wēnzhōuhuà) is a dialect of the Wu language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in Wenzhou in the Zhejiang province.

[edit] Classification

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[edit] Dialects

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[edit] Phonetics and phonology

[edit] Consonants

Consonants of Wenzhou dialect
		bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
nasal		m		n	ɲ		ŋ
plosives	voiced	b		d			g
	voiceless unaspirated	p		t			k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ		tʰ			kʰ
fricatives	voiced		v	z				ɦ
fricatives	voiceless		f	s	ɕ			h
affricates	voiced			dz	dʑ
	voiceless unaspirated			ts	tɕ
	voiceless aspirated			tsʰ	tɕʰ
approximants						j
lateral approximants				l

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[edit] Monophthongs

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[edit] Diphthongs

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[edit] Triphthongs

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[edit] Onsets

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[edit] Rimes

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[edit] Tones

[edit] Citation tones

Tone chart of Wenzhou dialect
Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour
1	yin ping (陰平)	44
2	yang ping (陽平)	31
3	yin shang (陰上)	45
4	yang shang (陽上)	34
5	yin qu (陰去)	42
6	yang qu (陽去)	22
7	yin ru (陰入)	323
8	yang ru (陽入)	212

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[edit] Grammar

[edit] Morphology

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[edit] Syntax

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[edit] Vocabulary

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[edit] History

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[edit] Examples

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

Qián,nǎiróng (1992). Dāngdài Wúyǔ yánjiū. (Contemporary Wu linguistics studies). Shànghǎi: shànghǎi jiāoyù chūbǎnshè. (錢乃榮. 1992. 當代吳語研究. 上海敎育出版社) ISBN 7532023559

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Chinese: spoken varieties

Generally accepted first-level categories:

Mandarin | Wu | Cantonese | Min | Hakka | Xiang | Gan |

Often accepted first-level categories:

Jin | Hui | Ping

Unclassified:

Danzhouhua | Shaozhou Tuhua

Subcategories of Mandarin: