Leshan dialect

Leshan
乐山话
Native toChina
RegionShizhong District, Leshan Wutongqiao District Shawan District Qianwei County Muchuan County
Native speakers
(undated figure of 770,000)
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
ISO 639-6mjic
GlottologNone

The Leshan dialect (simplified Chinese: 乐山话; traditional Chinese: 樂山話; pinyin: Lèshānhuà; Sichuanese Standard Chinese: No2san1hua4; locally [nʊʔ˧sã˥xuɑ˨]) is the Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan and is a variety of Minjiang. It preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.

Phonology

There are a total of 20 initials in the Leshan dialect.[1]

Bilabial Labiodental Coronal Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Velar
Plosive plain /p/
贝
/t/
得
/k/
古
aspirated /pʰ/
配
/tʰ/
套
/kʰ/
可
Affricate plain /ts/
早
/tɕ/
价
aspirated /tsʰ/
草
/tɕʰ/
巧
Nasal /m/
没
/n/
路
/ŋ/
我
Fricative voiceless /f/
发
/s/
速
/ɕ/
小
/x/
好
voiced /v/
五
/z/
认
Zero ∅
衣

Notes

References

  1. ^ Lai, Xiangang 赖先刚 (2000). Lèshān fāngyán 乐山方言 (in Chinese). Chengdu: Bashu shushe. ISBN 7-80523-668-2.