Fu'an dialect


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.
The Fu'an dialect covers two city and three counties: Ningde, Fu'an, Shouning, Zhouning and Zherong County.

Phonology

Fu'an dialect has 18 initials, 50 rimes and 7 tones.

Initials

Rimes

Tones

Perseverative assimilation

The Coda of the Former SyllableThe initial assimilation of the Latter Syllable
Null coda
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 :
    dark level
    332    		light level
    22    		rising
    42    		dark departing
    35    		light departing
    23    		dark entering
    5    		light entering
    2
    dark level
    332    		55554444
    light level
    22    		33235+42554444
    rising
    42    		23+33235+42554444
    dark departing
    35    		55554444
    light departing
    23    		55554444
    dark entering
    5    		55554444
    light entering
    2    		35+5554444