User:Justinrleung/Wenchang phonology

Initials edit

Hainanese Transliteration Scheme Example Chen (2008) Fu (2007) Huang & Feng (1993) Woon (1987)
b /ʔb/ /ʔb/ /ʔb/[1] /ɓ/
p /pʰ/, [pɸʰ ~ pfʰ ~ ɸ ~ f][2] /pʰ/[2] /ɸ/ /f/, [ɸ]
m /m/ /m/ /m/ /m/
v /b/[3] /b/ /b/ /b/
d /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/
dd /ʔd/ /ʔd/ /ʔd/[1][4] /ɗ/
dh /d/ /d/ /d/ /d/
n /n/ /n/ /n/ /n/
l /l/ /l/ /l/[5] /l/
g /k/ /k/ /k/ /k/
gh /ɡ/ /ɡ/ /ɡ/[6] /ɡ/[6]
ng /ŋ/ /ŋ/ /ŋ/[7] /ŋ/
h /x/ /x/ /x/ /h/
hh /ɦ/, [ɦ ~ h][8] /h/, [ɦ] /h/ /ɦ/[9]
z /ts/, [tɕ] /ts/ /ts/ /tɕ/
s /s/, [ɕ] /s/ /s/ /ɕ/
y /dz/, [dʑ ~ z] /z/ /z/ /dʑ/
- /∅/,[10] [ʔ] /∅/,[11] [ʔ] /∅/,[12] [ʔ] /ʔ/

Finals edit

Under construction

Tones edit

Hainanese Transliteration Scheme Example Chen (2008) Fu (2007) Huang & Feng (1993) Woon (1987)
1 1 陰平 /˧/[13] 陰平 /˧˦/ 1 陰平 /˨˦/ 陰平 /˦/
2 2 陽平 /˨/[14] 陽平 /˨/ 2 陽平 /˨/ 陽平 /˧/
3 3 上聲 /˧˩/[15] 陰上 /˨˩/ 3 陰上 /˨˩/ 上聲 /˨˩/[16]
4 5 陰去 () /˩/[17] 陰去 /˩/ 5 陰去 /˩/ 去聲 /˩/
5 6 陽去 () /˦˨/[18] 陽上 /˦˨/ 4 陽上 /˦˨/ (merged with 陽入)
6 5’ × 6’ 混合去聲 ()
4 去聲 ()
/˥˧/[19] 混入 /˥˧/ 6 陽去 /˥˩/ 陰入 /˥˩/[20]
7 -b, -d, -g 7 陰入 ()
5 入聲 ()
/˥/ 陰入 /˥/ 7 陰入 /˥/
-h /˥˧/ (merged with 6)
8 -b, -d, -g 8 陽入 () /˧/ 陽入 /˧/ 8 陽入 /˧/ 陽入 /˦˨/[20]
-h /˦˨/ (merged with 4)

Notes edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 ʔ actually written as ?.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Aspiration actually represented with an apostrophe.
  3. ^ May have some frication, like v.
  4. ^ The chart on page 72 writes it as ?b, but this is a typo.
  5. ^ Actually written as L.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Actually written as g.
  7. ^ Actually written as ng.
  8. ^ [ɦj] before /i/; [ɦw] before /u/.
  9. ^ [j] before /i/; [w] before /u/.
  10. ^ Actually written as .
  11. ^ Actually written as ø.
  12. ^ Actually written as ф.
  13. ^ May be recorded by others as /˦/ or /˨˦/.
  14. ^ May be recorded by others as /˩/ or /˧/.
  15. ^ May be recorded by others as /˨˩/.
  16. ^ Sounds like /˧˩/. Syllables must end in a glottal stop.
  17. ^ Some speakers from central Wenchang pronounce it as /˩˩˦/. May be recorded by others as /˨˦/
  18. ^ May be recorded by others as /˥˧/ (probably mixing it up with 混合去聲).
  19. ^ May be recorded by others as /˥˩/.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Syllables must end in a stop.

References edit

  • Chen, Bo (2008). 海南方言研究. Haikou: Hainan Publishing House.
  • Fu, Qiwu (2007). 琼北闽语词汇研究 (PhD dissertation). Xiamen University.
  • Huang, Gugan; Feng, Chengpao (1993). 文昌方言两字组的连读变调. Humanities & Social Sciences Journal of Hainan University 1: 72–75, 95.
  • Woon, Wee-Lee (1987). 海南方言. Macau: University of East Asia.