Haikou dialect

The Haikou dialect is a topolect of Chinese and a subvariety of Hainanese spoken in Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province and island of China.

Haikou dialect
海口話
Pronunciation[hai˨˩˧ xau˨˩˧ ue˨˧]
Native toSouthern China
RegionHaikou, Hainan
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologhain1237
Linguasphere79-AAA-ked

Phonology

The Haikou dialect has the following initials:[1]

LabialDentalSibilantVelarGlottal
Stop / Affricate voiceless ttskʔ
voiced implosive ɓɗ
Nasal mnŋ
Fricative voiceless fsxh
voiced vz
Lateral l

The finals are:[2]

Vocalic codas Nasal codas Stop codas
aaiauamaŋapak
iaiauiamiaŋiapiak
uauaiuaŋuak
ɛeeŋek
ue
oɔiɔuɔmɔŋɔpɔk
ioiɔŋiɔk
iiuiminipit
uuiunoŋukok

There are also two syllabic nasals, /m̩/ and /ŋ̍/.[2]

The tone categories (described using Chao tone letters) are:[2][3]

levelrisingdepartingentering
upper 24213355
lower 21 33 3
55ʔ

See also

References
  1. Chen (1996), p. 4.
  2. Chen (1996), p. 5.
  3. Yan (2006), p. 142.
  • Chen, Hongmai (1996), Hǎikǒu fāngyán cídiǎn 海口方言詞典 [Haikou dialect dictionary], Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, vol. 16, Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Press, ISBN 978-7-5343-2886-2.
  • Yan, Margaret Mian (2006), Introduction to Chinese Dialectology, LINCOM Europa, ISBN 978-3-89586-629-6.
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