Ningbo dialect native speakers generally understand Shanghainese, another dialect of Wu. However, Shanghainese speakers do not always have full understanding of the Ningbo dialect. It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese, or any other subdivision of the Chinese languages. The Ningbo dialect is considered a Yongjiang dialect or Mingzhou dialect (as both terms are synonymous), and is closely related to the Taihu Wu dialects of Zhoushan. In terms of inter-intelligibility between dialects within the Yong-Jiang subgroup, they can be more accurately described as 'accents' (腔) as these dialects are relatively uniform and almost identical to each other aside from pronunciation differences and some minor lexical differences.
The table contains two additional finals /yɲ,ɥøʔ/. These have merged with /joŋ,joʔ/ respectively in younger generations.
/y,ʏ/ are similar in pronunciation, differing slightly in lip rounding ([y,iᵝ] respectively). The two are merged in younger generations.
/j/ is pronounced [ɥ] before rounded vowels.
The Middle Chinese[-ŋ]rimes are retained, while [-n] and [-m] are either retained or have disappeared in the Ningbo dialect. Middle Chinese [-p-t-k] rimes have become glottal stops, [-ʔ].
^Hu, Fang (2005). A Phonetic Study of the Vowels in Ningbo Chinese (Thesis). City University of Hong Kong.
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ningbo, dialect, chinese, 宁波话, 寧波話, 宁波闲话, 寧波閒話, dialect, chinese, subdivision, chinese, language, spoken, throughout, ningbo, zhoushan, prefectures, zhejiang, province, yong, jiang寧波閒話pronunciationɲìɲ, ɲìɲ, póʔ, ónative, topeople, republic, chinaregionningbo, . The Ningbo dialect Chinese 宁波话 寧波話 宁波闲话 寧波閒話 is a dialect of Wu Chinese one subdivision of Chinese language Ningbo dialect is spoken throughout Ningbo and Zhoushan prefectures in Zhejiang province Ningbo dialectYong Jiang寧波閒話Pronunciationɲiɲ pɐ u ɛ o ɲiɲ poʔ ɛ oNative toPeople s Republic of ChinaRegionNingbo amp Zhoushan Zhejiang provinceEthnicityNingbo people Han Chinese Language familySino Tibetan SiniticChineseWuTaihuNingbo dialectLanguage codesISO 639 3 Glottologning1280Linguasphere79 AAA dbf also 79 AAA dbg on Zhoushan archipelago Bible in Ningbo Romanised Genesis published by the British and Foreign Bible Society Contents 1 Intelligibility 2 Phonology 2 1 Initials 2 2 Finals 2 3 Tones 3 Examples 4 See also 5 ReferencesIntelligibility editNingbo dialect native speakers generally understand Shanghainese another dialect of Wu However Shanghainese speakers do not always have full understanding of the Ningbo dialect It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese or any other subdivision of the Chinese languages The Ningbo dialect is considered a Yongjiang dialect or Mingzhou dialect as both terms are synonymous and is closely related to the Taihu Wu dialects of Zhoushan In terms of inter intelligibility between dialects within the Yong Jiang subgroup they can be more accurately described as accents 腔 as these dialects are relatively uniform and almost identical to each other aside from pronunciation differences and some minor lexical differences Phonology editInitials edit Initial consonants 1 Labial Dental Alveolar Alveolo Palatal Velar GlottalNasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosive tenuis p t k ʔaspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ voiced b d ɡ Affricate tenuis ts tɕaspirated tsʰ tɕʰ voiced dz dʑ Fricative voiceless f s ɕ hvoiced v z ʑ ɦLateral lFinals edit Vowel nuclei Front Central BackUnrounded RoundedClose i y ʏ u Close mid e o o Open mid ɛ e ɔ Open a Diphthong ɐi ɐu œʏ Finals 2 Coda Open Nasal Glottal stopMedial j w j w j wNucleus i i iɲ jeʔ y y yɲ ɥoʔ ʏ ʏ u u e e o o o o oŋ joŋ oʔ joʔ ɛ ɛ wɛ e en wen ɔ ɔ jɔ ɔ jɔ wɔ a a ja wa a ja wa aʔ waʔɐi ɐi wɐi ɐu ɐu œʏ œʏ Syllabic continuants z z ʷ m n ŋ l Notes The table contains two additional finals yɲ ɥoʔ These have merged with joŋ joʔ respectively in younger generations y ʏ are similar in pronunciation differing slightly in lip rounding y iᵝ respectively The two are merged in younger generations j is pronounced ɥ before rounded vowels The Middle Chinese ŋ rimes are retained while n and m are either retained or have disappeared in the Ningbo dialect Middle Chinese p t k rimes have become glottal stops ʔ Tones edit Tones 1 Middle Chinese toneping 平 shǎng 上 qu 去 ru 入yin 阴 53 35 44 ʔ 55 yang 阳 24 213 ʔ 12 Examples edit唱月亮 月亮菩薩彎彎上 彎到小姑進后堂 后堂空 拜相公 相公念經 打一天井 天井隔笆 打一稻花 稻花耘田 打一團箕 火瑩頭 火瑩頭 夜夜紅 阿公挑擔賣碗蔥 新婦織麻糊燈籠 阿婆箝牌捉牙虫 兒子看鴨撩屙虫 See also editWu Chinese Shanghainese Suzhounese Hangzhounese List of varieties of ChineseReferences edit a b Tang Zhenzhu 1997 Ningbō fangyan cidiǎn 宁波方言词典 Ningbo dialect dictionary Nanjing p 7 ISBN 978 7 5343 3120 6 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Hu Fang 2005 A Phonetic Study of the Vowels in Ningbo Chinese Thesis City University of Hong Kong nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ningbo dialect Ningbo dialect Video on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ningbo dialect amp oldid 1183933800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
