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NW Pronouns (?)

Northern Wu Personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
plain ~儂 是~ 是~儂 ~拉 ~里 ~等 ~搭
1st Person 我儂我侬 是我 是我儂是我侬
2nd Person
3rd Person


Jinhua

Module:wuu-pron/Jinhua

Documentation - Old Period Urban Jinhuanese, as documented in 吳語婺州方言研究. Primary sampled speaker born in 1927, fieldwork conducted by 曹志耘

Initials

Jinhua Initials
Wugniu Wu MiniDict IPA Examples
Bilabial Series p p /p/
ph ph /pʰ/
b b /b/
m 'm[note 1] /(ʔ)m/
m /m/
f f /f/
v v /v/
Labiodental Series t t /t/
th th /tʰ/
d d /d/
n 'n[note 1] /(ʔ)n/
n /n/
l 'l[note 1] /(ʔ)l/
l /l/
Alveolar Series ts ts /ts/
tsh tsh /tsʰ/
dz dz /dz/
s s /s/
z z /z/
Palatal Series c c /tɕ/
ch ch /tɕʰ/
j j /dʑ/
gn 'ny[note 1] /(ʔ)n̠ʲ/[note 2]
ny /n̠ʲ/[note 2]
sh sh /ɕ/
zh zh /ʑ/
Velar and Null Series k k /k/
kh kh /kʰ/
g g /ɡ/
ng[note 3] 'ng[note 1] /(ʔ)ŋ/
ng /ŋ/
' /∅/[note 4]
h h /x/
gh gh /ɦ/ "to tickle"
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Treated by neither wugniu (nor wiktionary) as phonemes distinct from their non-preglottalized equivalents.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pronounced before /y/ medial.
  3. ^ Appears only marginally in antiquated literary readings.
  4. ^ Realized as an only very lightly glottalized sometimes according to Cao.

Finals

Regular

Jinhua Finals
Wugniu Wu MiniDict IPA Examples
y y /z̩/  /
i i /i/  /
u u /u/  /
iu iu /y/  /
oea yae /ɤa/  /
iaa iae /ia/  /
a a /ɑ/  /
ia ia /iɑ/  /
ua ua /uɑ/
iua iua /yɑ/ (agriculture) stubble
o o /o/
oe oe /ɤ/ 滿 /
ie ie /ie/  /
uo uoe /uɤ/  /
ioe iue /yɤ/  /
ou ~ /ɯ/
iei iea /ie̞/
ae ai /ɛ/  /
iae iai /iɛ/
uae uai /uɛ/  /
iuae iuai /yɛ/  /
ei ei /ei/  /
ui ui /ui/  /
au au /ɑu/
iau iau /iɑu/  /
eu eu /eu/  /
ieu ieu /iu/  /
oen yaen /ɤã/
an aen /ã/
ian iaen /iã/  /
uan uaen /uã/
iuan iuaen /yã/  /
aon ang /ɑŋ/  /
iaon iang /iɑŋ/  /
uaon uang /uɑŋ/
iuaon iuang /yɑŋ/
en eng /əŋ/  /
in ieng /iŋ/
uen ueng /uəŋ/  /
iuen iueng /yəŋ/  /
on ong /oŋ/  /
ion iong /ioŋ/  /
eq eh /əʔ/
iq ieh /iəʔ/  /
ueq ueh /uəʔ/  /
iuq iueh /yəʔ/  /
oq oh /oʔ/  /
ioq ioh /ioʔ/  /
er r /əl/  /
m m /m̩/  /
ng ng /ŋ̩/  /

Erhua Diminutive and Erhua Rimes

Rimes

Jinhua Erhua Finals
Wiktionary
Extended Wugniu
Wu-Chinese
MiniDict
IPA
ynn yn /z̩̃/[note 1]
inn in /ĩ/[note 1]
unn un /ũ/[note 1]
iunn iun /ỹ/[note 1]
ieunn ieun /iũ/[note 1]
an aen /ã/[note 2]
oen yaen /ɤã/[note 2]
ian iaen /iã/[note 2]
uan uaen /uã/[note 2]
iuan iuaen /yã/[note 2]
oenn oen /ɤ̃/[note 2]
enn en /ẽ/[note 3]
ienn ien /iẽ/[note 3]
uenn uen /uẽ/[note 3]
iuenn iuen /yẽ/[note 3]
aunn aun /ɔ̃/
iaunn iaun /iɔ̃/
onn on /õ/[note 4]
ionn ion /iõ/[note 4]
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Certain diminutive words with the rimes /z̩̃/, /ĩ/, /ũ/, /ỹ/ and /iũ/ can be read with also their non-nasalized equivalents whilst retaining the diminutive tone contour, e.g. 麻雀 (2moea-tsinn7R or 2moea-tsi7R).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 /ɤ̃/ and the /ã/ group of rimes exist in non-diminutive character readings.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Allophonic respectively with /əŋ/, /iŋ/, /uəŋ/, /yəŋ/ in certain older speakers.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Allophonic respectively with /oŋ/ and /ioŋ/ in certain older speakers.

Pre/Post-Erhua Correspondences

yn yn /z̩̃/  /
inn in /ĩ/  /
unn un /ũ/  /
iuen iun /ỹ/  /
oenn oen /ɤ̃/  /
enn en /ẽ/  /
ienn ien /iẽ/  /
uenn uen /uẽ/  /
iuenn iuen /yẽ/  /
aunn aun /ɔ̃/  /
iaunn iaun /iɔ̃/  /
onn on /õ/  /
ionn ion /iõ/  /
iunn ieun /iũ/  /

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