ɿ, i, u, y, a, ia, ua, o, yo, e, ie, ue, ø, yø, æ, uæ, eu, iu, ui, au, iau, aŋ, iaŋ, uaŋ, ɔŋ, iɔŋ, ɤŋ, iɤŋ, ɛ̃, iɛ̃, uɛ̃, yø̃, ĩ, uĩ, ỹ, ŋ̍
Tones
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Tone 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
˥ (55)
˨ (22)
˥˩ (51)
˧˨˦ (324)
˨˧˩ (231)
˨˩ (21)
˥ (5)
Notes
^Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[1][2][3]
References
^Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR2718766
