Leshan dialect

Leshan
乐山话
Native toChina
RegionShizhong District, Leshan Wutongqiao District Shawan District Qianwei County Muchuan County
Native speakers
(undated figure of 770,000[citation needed])
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6mjic
GlottologNone

The Leshan dialect (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Lèshānhuà; Sichuanese Standard Chinese: No2san1hua4; local pronunciation: [nʊʔ355xuɑ224]) is the Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan and is a variety of Minjiang. It preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.

Phonology

There are a total of 20 initials in the Leshan dialect.[1]

Bilabial Labiodental Coronal Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Velar
Plosive plain /p/
/t/
/k/
aspirated //
//
//
Affricate plain /ts/
//
aspirated /tsʰ/
/tɕʰ/
Nasal /m/
/n/
/ŋ/
Fricative voiceless /f/
/s/
/ɕ/
/x/
voiced /v/
/z/
Zero

Notes

References

  1. ^ Lai, Xiangang 赖先刚 (2000). Lèshān fāngyán 乐山方言 (in Chinese). Chengdu: Bashu shushe. ISBN 7-80523-668-2.