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

Phonology

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

Progressive 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.

    • Tone sandhi

    The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below. Shaded cells indicate that tones of both the first and second syllables undergo change.
    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