Wp/mnp/Wikipedia:Guestbook for Non-Min-Bei Speakers
How to read[edit | edit source]
Phonology[edit | edit source]
See en:Northern Min and zh:閩北語.
Tones[edit | edit source]
| Tonal Ordering | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonal types | 陰平High level tone | 陽平High rising tone (merged into Low falling and rising tone (陰去) today) |
上聲Low falling tone | 陰去Low falling and rising tone | 陽去Middle rising and falling tone | 陰入Middle rising stopped tone | 陽入High level stopped tone |
| Tone Value (Jian'ou dialect) | ˥˦ (54) | ˨˩ (21) | ˧˧ (33) | ˦˦ (44) | ˨˦ (24) | ˦˨ (42) | |
| Kienning Romanized Tone marks (with usage examples after the brackets) |
ˊ (á) | ˆ (â) | ˇ (ǎ) | ̿ (a̿) | ˉ (ā) | ˘ (ă) | ˋ (à) |
| Word Example | 芝依居 | 指椅舉 | 志意貴 | 字易脆 | 即益菊 | 集實巨 |
Useful links[edit | edit source]
You can contribute this wiki and Northern Min wiktionary (test) according to these websites:
- 漢字古今音資料庫(in Chinese。今日建甌話為陰去調的字需特別注意。若該字在建陽話（潭城城關話）中讀陽平，（或在閩北語的大多數方言中讀陽平），一般在羅馬字中被表記為陽平)
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- the bible written in Jian'ou Romanized
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Special characters[edit | edit source]
Acute: á í ú é ó á̤ é̤ ó̤ ṳ́ Á Í Ú É Ó Á̤ É̤ Ó̤ Ṳ́
Circumflex: â î û ê ô â̤ ê̤ ô̤ ṳ̂ Â Î Û Ê Ô Â̤ Ê̤ Ô̤ Ṳ̂
Caron: ǎ ǐ ǔ ě ǒ ǎ̤ ě̤ ṳ̌ ǒ̤ Ǎ Ǐ Ǔ Ě Ǒ Ǎ̤ Ě̤ Ṳ̌ Ǒ̤
Double macron: a̿ i̿ u̿ e̿ o̿ a̤̿ e̤̿ o̤̿ ṳ̿ A̿ I̿ U̿ E̿ O̿ A̤̿ E̤̿ O̤̿ Ṳ̿
Macron: ā ī ū ē ō ā̤ ē̤ ō̤ ṳ̄ Ā Ī Ū Ē Ō Ā̤ Ē̤ Ō̤ Ṳ̄
Breve: ă ĭ ŭ ĕ ŏ ă̤ ĕ̤ ṳ̆ ŏ̤ Ă Ĭ Ŭ Ĕ Ŏ Ă̤ Ĕ̤ Ṳ̆ Ŏ̤
Grave: à ì ù è ò à̤ è̤ ṳ̀ ò̤ À Ì Ù È Ò À̤ È̤ Ṳ̀ Ò̤