Yangjiang Yue (Chinese: 陽江話)[1][2][3][4] is a language of the Yue branch of Chinese, currently called Category:Cantonese language on Wiktionary.

Its representative locality is Jiangcheng (江城區).

Romanization

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For the romanization, Jyutping++ is adopted as below. (The official Jyutping++ does not include Yangjiang.)

Initials

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Under the current analysis, Yangjiang Yue has 21 initials, including the zero-initial. Note that in [3], the gw- and kw- initials are merged into g- and k- respectively.

Jyutping++ IPA Examples
b /p/
p /pʰ/
m /m/
f /f/
d /t/
t /tʰ/
n /n/
sl /ɬ/
l /l/
z /t͡ʃ/
c /t͡ʃʰ/
s /ʃ/
g /k/
k /kʰ/
ng /ŋ/
h /h/
gw /kʷ/
kw /kʰʷ/
j /j/
w /w/

Finals

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Under the current analysis, Yangjiang Yue has 47 finals. It has no syllabic finals ( is /ʊŋ/).

-i -u -m -n -ng -p -t -k
aa aa
/a/
aai
/ai/
aau
/au/
aam
/am/
aan
/an/
aang
/aŋ/
aap
/ap̚/
aat
/at̚/
aak
/ak̚/
a ai
/ɐi/
au
/ɐu/
am
/ɐm/
an
/ɐn/
ang
/ɐŋ/
ap
/ɐp̚/
at
/ɐt̚/
ak
/ɐk̚/
e e
/ɛ/
ei
/ei/
ie ieu
/iɛu/
iem
/iɛm/
ien
/iɛn/
ieng
/iɛŋ/
iep
/iɛp̚/
iet
/iɛt̚/
iek
/iɛk̚/
o o
/ɔ/
oi
/ɔi/
ou
/ou/
on
/ɔn/
ong
/ɔŋ/
ot
/ɔt̚/
ok
/ɔk̚/
i i
/i/
iu
/iu/
im
/im/
in
/in/
ing
/ɪŋ/
ip
/ip̚/
it
/it̚/
ik
/ɪk̚/
u u
/u/
ui
/ui/
un
/un/
ung
/ʊŋ/
ut
/ut̚/
uk
/ʊk̚/

Tones

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Yangjiang Yue has 5 phonemic tones (10 traditional tone categories), which are represented by 5 symbols. Note that there is no tone 5.

Jyutping++ Tone numerals Traditional category Examples
[1] [2] [3] [4]
1 33 dark level (陰平)
𠼭
2 21 rising (上)
lower dark entering (下陰入)
3 24 dark departing (陰去)
upper dark entering (上陰入)
4 443 43 42 43 light level (陽平)
lower light entering (下陽入)
6 454 54 55 54 light departing (陽去)
upper light entering (上陽入)

Checked tone 4 (lower light entering) is rare, and checked tone 1 only has one character, which is onomatopoeic.

Input format

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In the pronunciation section of each entry, under the {{zh-pron}} template, use the |c-yj= parameter to indicate the pronunciation of the entry in Jyutping++ as described above. Use commas , without spaces to separate alternate readings.

|c-yj=ci3,si3


|c-yj=bin2 si3


References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 汉语方言词汇 [A Lexion of Chinese Dialects] (in Chinese), 1st edition, 文字改革出版社, 1964
  2. 2.0 2.1 汉语方言词汇 [A Lexion of Chinese Dialects] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, 语文出版社, 1995
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 冼文婷 (2016) 广东阳江话研究 [A Study of Yangjiang Yue] (in Chinese), Guangxi University
  4. 4.0 4.1 黄伯荣 (2018) 广东阳江方言研究 [A Study of the Yangjiang Dialect] (in Chinese), Sun Yat-Sen University Press

See also

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