Hui'an dialect


The Hui'an dialect is a variety of Chinese mostly spoken in Hui'an in South Fujian Province, China. It belongs to the Hokkien subgroup of Southern Min.

Phonology

The Hui'an dialect has 14 phonemic initials and over 80 finals.

Grammar

The demonstrative system has five pairs of pronouns with a two-way distinction:
ProximalDistalTranslation
这 / 這 tsit7 + numerativehit7 + numerativethis/that; these/those; this/that kind of
这 / 這 tsat8hat8this/that
这 / 這 tse22this/that kind of
遮 tsuai2徊 huai2these/those; this/that
种个 / 種個 tsiɔŋ3-2 e2响个 / 響個 hiɔŋ3-2 e2this/that kind of

Comparison with other varieties of Hokkien

Compared with the Quanzhou dialect, the greatest differences are present in the rimes: