Shaxian dialect

Shaxian dialect (Central Min: 沙縣事, Mandarin Chinese: 沙縣話) is a dialect of Central Min Chinese spoken in Sha County, Sanming in Western Fujian Province of China.

Shaxian dialect
沙縣事
Pronunciation[sua˦ kuɪ̃ ˧ sai˨˦]
Native toSouthern China
RegionSha County, Sanming, Fujian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
Linguasphere79-AAA-hba

Phonology

Shaxian dialect has 17 initials, 36 rimes and 6 tones.

Initials

BilabialAlveolarPostalveolarVelar
VoicelessVoicedVoicelessVoicedVoicelessVoiced VoicelessVoiced
Nasal (m)
罵慢
(n)
鈴南
(ŋ)
雅眼
StopTenuis p
布婆
b
母毛
t
東大
k
哥間
g
蟻額
Aspirated
普抱

通頭

溪欠
AffricateTenuis ʦ
酒曹

朱足
Aspirated ʦʰ
秋春
tʃʰ
出穿
Fricative s
心沙
ʃ
水船
x
好興
Lateral l
納力
Zero consonant zero consonant
影黃

Notes:

  1. //, /tʃʰ/, /ʃ/ only connected with round mouth rimes (撮口呼韻母);
  2. /b/, /l/, /g/ cannot be connected with nasal vowel rimes;
  3. /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ only connected with nasal vowel rimes.

Rimes

i / ɤ
資 / 子
i / e
西 / 死
u / o
故 / 古
y / ø
居 / 舉
iu / io
抽 / 丑
ui / ue
追 / 嘴
yi /
威 / 偉
o / ɔ
波 / 保
io /
腰 / 約
e / ɛ
排/八
ye /
吹 / 血
a
ia
ua
ya
ai
uai
au
iau
ŋ̍

uaŋ
ɛiŋ
iɛiŋ
yɛiŋ
ɔuŋ
œyŋ

ĩ /
仙 / 險
/ uẽ
翻/粉
/ yẽ
根 / 卷
ɔ̃
iɔ̃
ɔ̃i

Some rimes come in pairs in the above table, and they are closely related with the tones: the one to the left only exist in dark level (陰平), light level (陽平), light rising (陽上) and departing (去聲); while the other only exist in dark rising (陰上) and entering (入聲). It can be compared with close and open rimes of Fuzhou dialect, Eastern Min.

Tones

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Tone name dark level
陰平
light level
陽平
dark rising
陰上
light rising
陽上
departing
去聲
entering
入聲
Tone contour ˧ 33 ˧˩ 31 ˨˩˨ 21 ˥˧ 53 ˨˦ 24 ˨˩˨ 212
Example Hanzi

The entering tones in Sanming dialect don't have any entering tone coda (入聲韻尾) such as /-ʔ/, /-p̚/, /-t̚/ and /-k̚/. It's quite different from many other Chinese dialects.

Tone sandhi

Shaxian dialect has extremely extensive tone sandhi rules: in an utterance, only the last syllable pronounced is not affected by the rules.

The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while the columns give the citation tone of the second syllable):

dark level
33
light level
31
dark rising
21
light rising
53
departing
24
entering
212
dark level
33
44
light level
31
33
dark rising
21
55
light rising
53
dark rising (21)
departing
24
dark rising (21)
44
dark rising (21)
entering
212
4

Some rimes may change their pronunciation because they are closely related with the tones (see above).

References

    • Compilation Commission of Chorography of Sha County 沙县地方志编纂委员会 (1992). Sha xian zhi 沙县志 ["Chorography of Sha County"]. 32. Beijing: Zhongguo kexue jishu chubanshe 中国科学技术出版社 ["China Science and Technology Press"]. ISBN 7-110-02307-9.
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