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Taizhou dialect

{{Short description|Wu dialect of Zhejiang, China}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Taizhou

|nativename=

|states=People's Republic of China

|region=Zhejiang

|speakers=?

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Sinitic

|fam3=Chinese

|fam4=Wu

|fam5=Taizhou Wu

|isoexception=dialect

|iso6=tzoj

|glotto=none

}}

File:TaichowBible.gif), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.]]

The Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu wa; {{zh|s=台州话|t=台州話|p=Tāizhōuhuà}}) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province, China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.

Phonetics

=Consonants=

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Romanization

!(IPA)

!Examples

p

|{{IPA|[p]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|百班冰包}}

p'

|{{IPA|[pʰ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|拍派拼泡}}

b

|{{IPA|[b]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|白排病刨}}

m

|{{IPA|[m]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|麥買命貓}}

f

|{{IPA|[f]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|弗反風飛}}

v

|{{IPA|[v]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|佛飯縫肥}}

t

|{{IPA|[t]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|搭單東刀}}

t'

|{{IPA|[tʰ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|塔攤通討}}

d

|{{IPA|[d]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|達談動逃}}

n

|{{IPA|[n]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|捺難農腦}}

l

|{{IPA|[l]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|辣懶弄老}}

k

|{{IPA|[k]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|格干公告}}

k'

|{{IPA|[kʰ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|客看空考}}

g

|{{IPA|[ɡ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|狂渠}}

ng

|{{IPA|[ŋ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|我牙耳咬}}

h

|{{IPA|[h]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|好虎海漢}}

'

|{{IPA|[ɦ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|號害寒何}}

ky

|{{IPA|[c]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|今记吉九}}

ky'

|{{IPA|[cʰ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|轻气挈吃}}

gy

|{{IPA|[ɟ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|琴奇杰求}}

ny

|{{IPA|[ȵ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|日念人繞}}

hy

|{{IPA|[ç]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|許希訓晓}}

y

|{{IPA|[j]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|陽耶園有}}

ts

|{{IPA|[ts]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|只子早珍}}

ts'

|{{IPA|[tsʰ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|七此草稱}}

dz

|{{IPA|[dz]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|遲查丈}}

s

|{{IPA|[s]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|息思手身}}

z

|{{IPA|[z]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|十字就善}}

c

|{{IPA|[tɕy]}}, {{IPA|[tʃ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|珠轉種祝}}

c'

|{{IPA|[tɕʰy]}}, {{IPA|[tʃʰ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|取穿充出}}

dj

|{{IPA|[dʑy]}}, {{IPA|[dʒ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|住著重濁}}

sh

|{{IPA|[ɕy]}}, {{IPA|[ʃ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|說水}}

j

|{{IPA|[ʑy]}}, {{IPA|[ʒ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|樹從}}

w

|{{IPA|[w]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|華會活還}}

|{{IPA|[ʔ]}}

|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|烏音愛安}}

  • [m] and [ŋ] are syllabic consonants

=Vowels=

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Monophthongs

!i

!w

!ü

a {{IPA|[a]}}

|ia {{IPA|[ia]}}

|wa {{IPA|[ua]}}

| -

e {{IPA|[e]}}

| -

|we {{IPA|[ue]}}

| -

u {{IPA|[u]}}

|iu {{IPA|[iu]}}

|wu {{IPA|[u]}}

| -

æn {{IPA|[ɛ̃]}}

|iæn {{IPA|[iɛ̃]}}

|wæn {{IPA|[uɛ̃]}}

| -

ön {{IPA|[ø̃]}}

|in {{IPA|[iẽ]}}

|wön {{IPA|[uø̃]}}

|ün {{IPA|[yø̃]}}

-

! -

! -

! -

æ {{IPA|[ɛ]}}

| {{IPA|[ɹ̩]}}

|o {{IPA|[o]}}

|ô {{IPA|[ɔ]}}

eo {{IPA|[ɤ]}}

|i {{IPA|[i]}}

|ü {{IPA|[y]}}

| -

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Diphthongs

!i

!w

!ü

ao {{IPA|[aɒ]}}

|iao {{IPA|[iaɒ]}}

| -

| -

ang {{IPA|[aŋ]}}

|iang {{IPA|[iaŋ]}}

|uang {{IPA|[uaŋ]}}

| -

ông {{IPA|[ɔŋ]}}

| -

|uông {{IPA|[uɔŋ]}}

|üông {{IPA|[yɔŋ]}}

ong {{IPA|[oŋ]}}

| -

| -

|üong {{IPA|[yoŋ]}}

eng {{IPA|[əŋ]}}

|ing {{IPA|[iŋ]}}

|weng {{IPA|[uəŋ]}}

|üing {{IPA|[yŋ]}}

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Glottals

!i

!w

!ü

æh {{IPA|[æʔ]}}

| -

| -

| -

ah {{IPA|[aʔ]}}

|iah {{IPA|[iaʔ]}}

| -

| -

eh {{IPA|[əʔ]}}

|ih {{IPA|[iʔ]}}

|weh {{IPA|[uəʔ]}}

|üih {{IPA|[yʔ]}}

ôh {{IPA|[ɔʔ]}}

| -

| -

|üôh {{IPA|[yɔʔ]}}

oh {{IPA|[oʔ]}}

| -

| -

|üoh {{IPA|[yoʔ]}}

References

{{Commons category|Taizhou dialect}}

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}

{{Chinese language}}

Category:Wu Chinese

Category:Taizhou, Zhejiang

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