The Fu'an dialect () is a dialect of Eastern Min, which is a branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the eastern part of Fujian Province, China.
The Fu'an dialect covers two city and three counties: Ningde, Fu'an, Shouning, Zhouning and Zherong County.
Phonology The Fu'an dialect has 18 initials, 50 rimes and 7 tones.
Initials LabialDental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar GlottalStop Nasal Fricative ()() () () Affricate Lateral Approximant
Rimes Open syllable Nasal coda (in, im) (un, um) (øn, øm) (œn, œm) (an, am) (ion, iom) (ian, iam) (uan, uam) (ɛn, ɛm) (oun, oum) (ɔun, ɔum) Glottal coda Nasal
Tones No.1234567Tone name dark level陰平 light level陽平 rising上聲 dark departing陰去 light departing陽去 dark entering陰入 light entering陽入Tone contour 332 22 42 35 23 5 2
Progressive assimilation
The Coda of the Former Syllable The initial assimilation of the Latter Syllable Null coda, and change to null initial; , and change to null initial, or . coda , change to ; , change to ; , and change to ; , and change to , or . coda , change to ; , and change to null initial; , and change to null initial, or .
Anticipatory assimilation
Tone sandhi 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). Shaded cells indicate that tones of both the first and second syllables undergo change.
dark level332light level22rising42dark departing35light departing23dark entering5light entering2dark level33255554444light level2233235+42554444rising4223+33235+42554444dark departing3555554444light departing2355554444dark entering555554444light entering235+5554444
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