Changshu Dialect
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| Changshunese | |
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| 常熟說話 / 常熟说话 jan zhoh sheh wu | |
| Pronunciation | Wu Chinese pronunciation: [ɖʐɑ̃ ʐɒʔ ɦe ɦwu] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Changshu |
Native speakers | approx. 1-2 million[citation needed] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Changshu Dialect | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 常熟話 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 常熟话 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 常熟閒話 | ||||||||||
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Changshunese, (Simplified Chinese: 常熟话；Traditional Chinese: 常熟話；Pinyin：chángshúhuà; Changshunese: ɖʐɑ̃ ʐɒʔ ɦe ɦwu), also known as the Changshu dialect, is a variety of Sinitic languages spoken in the city of Changshu in Jiangsu Province, China. Changshunese is closely related to Suzhounese, also a variety of Wu Chinese. Chanshunese has 33 initial consonants, 50 vowel finals, and 8 tones, which is preserved in the most complete form among dialects of Wu Chinese.[1]
Pronoun System[edit]
| 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | 吾 [ŋ̍] | 能音[nə̃] | 渠[ge] |
| Plural | 吾俚 [ŋ̍li] | 能音笃[nə̃toʔ] | 渠笃[getoʔ] |
Phonology[edit]
Initials[edit]
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | tenuis | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| Affricate | tenuis | ts | ʈʂ | tɕ | |||
| aspirated | tsʰ | ʈʂʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
| voiced | dz | ɖʐʰ | dʑ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | h | |
| voiced | v | z | ʐ | ɦ | |||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 石, 汝傑 (2021-03-15). "A Study on Tone Sandhi in Changshu, a Chinese Wu Dialect". 海外事情研究 = Studies in foreign affairs (in 中文). 48: 95–107.
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