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Jiangshan dialect
江山話
Native to China
Region Jiangshan city, Quzhou prefecture, Zhejiang province
Native speakers
(undated figure of 500,000–600,000[ citation needed])
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog long1386  Jiangshan
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The Jiangshan dialect (江山話) is a Southern Wu dialect, closely related to that of Quzhou. It is spoken in Jiangshan, a city in Quzhou prefecture, China.

Phonology

Initials

  Labial Dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive tenuis p t k
aspirated  
slack voice ɡ̊  
Affricate tenuis ts
aspirated tsʰ tɕʰ  
slack voice d̥z̥ d̥ʑ̊  
Fricative tenuis f s ɕ h
slack voice ʑ̊ ɦ
Approximant l

Finals

[ør] [ɦi] [vu] [ɦy] [tsɿ]
[lɑ] [kiɑ] [ŋuɑ]
[ɦæ] [ɦiæ] [kʰuæ]
[tʰiɛ̃] [ʑyɛ̃]
[kʰe] [kue]
[ko]
[pɐɯ] [piɐɯ]
[lɯ] [tɕʰiɯ]
[sã] [hiã] [kuã]
[kɔ̃] [ʑiɔ̃]
[bɐ̃] [kuɐ̃]
[mõ] [ɡiõ]
齿 [tsʰɿə] [ŋɯə]
[kœ̃] [ɕyœ̃]
[kĩ] [tɕʰỹ]
[paʔ] [ɦiaʔ] [kʰuaʔ]
[pœʔ] [ʑyœʔ]
[nəʔ] [ʑiɛʔ] [ɦyɛʔ]
[ŋoʔ] [ʑioʔ]
[kɔʔ] [ŋyɔʔ]

Tones

The Jiangshan dialect is considered to have eight tones. However, since tone split from Middle Chinese, each character still depends on the voicing of the initial consonant. These constitute just three phonemic tones: pin, shang, and qu. (Ru syllables are phonemically toneless, as their distinctiveness lies in a final glottal stop.)

Tone chart of Jiangshan dialect
Number Tone name Tone contour Examples
1 陰平 yīn píng ˦ (44) 天空飛山
2 陽平 yáng píng ˨˧˩ (231) 南來田皮
3 陰上 yīn shàng ˧˨˦ (324) 紙九火口
4 陽上 yang shàng ˨ (22) 坐買有被
5 陰去 yīn qù ˥˩ (51) 菜四送去
6 陽去 yáng qù ˧˩ (31) 備洞路硬
7 陰入 yīn rù ˦˥ʔ (45) 七雪踢客
8 陽入 yáng rù ˩˨ʔ (12) 六肉白獨