Weifang dialect

Weifang dialect
潍坊方言，潍坊话
Native to	China
Region	Weifang
Native speakers	9 million
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Mandarin Jiao-Liao Weifang dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Weifang dialect is a variety of Jiao-Liao Mandarin spoken in the prefecture-level city of Weifang in eastern Shandong province. Slightly different varieties of the Weifang dialect are spoken in the different counties of Weifang. The varieties of Weifang dialect include the Weicheng, Fangzi, Hanting, Changle, Changyi, Gaomi, Zhucheng, Wulian, Anqiu, Linqu, Qingzhou, and Shouguang dialects.

Phonology

Tones

The tones of Weifang dialect have the contours 214, 53, 55, and 31.

The basic rule for converting from Standard Chinese tones to Weifang dialect tones is to change first tone words into the third tone, the second tone into the fourth, the third tone into the first, and the fourth tone becomes lower.

Differences in Vocabulary

Differences in vocabulary exist between various forms of the Weifang dialect. For example, in the Zhucheng dialect, the pronoun "they" is 他这些人 while in the majority of other Weifang dialects, including the variety spoken in Weifang City, say "they" the same way as people do in Standard Mandarin, that is, 他们.

Sources

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