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Leizhou Min

Leizhou Min
NameLeizhou
Nativename雷州話 (雷州话)
FamilycolorSino-Tibetan
StatesChina, United States (California), Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong
RegionLeizhou
Speakers4,000,000  
Fam2Chinese
Fam3Min
Fam4Min Nan
Linglistnan-lei
Mapcaption  Leizhou (mainland) and Hainanese
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Leizhou ( ) is a variety of Min Nan Chinese. It is spoken in the Leizhou city and its neighbouring areas on the Leizhou peninsula in the west of the Guangdong province. It has low intelligibility with other varieties of Min Nan, and is sometimes classified as a separate language, though it is often included along with Hainanese in Qiongwen.

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Consonants of the Leizhou dialect
Consonants :
nasals
plosives voiced linkb
voiceless unaspirated linkp linkt linkk
voiceless aspirated linkpʰ linktʰ linkkʰ
fricatives voiced linkz
voiceless links linkh
affricates voiceless unaspirated linkts
voiceless aspirated linktsʰ
lateral approximant linkl

Tone chart of the Leizhou dialect
Tones :
Tone number Tone name Tone contour Description
1 yin ping (陰平) ˨˦ (24) rising
2 yin shang (陰上) ˦˨ (42) falling (high falling)
3 yin qu (陰去) ˨˩ (21) bottom (low falling)
4 yin ru (陰入) ˥̚ (5) high checked
5 yang ping (陽平) ˨ (2) low
6 yang shang (陽上) ˧ (3) mid
7 yang qu (陽去) ˥ (5) high
8 yang ru (陽入) ˩̚ (1) low checked

Southern Min languages

Hokkien (Min - Tai Division)Amoy Min * Quanzhou dialect * Zhangzhou dialect * Taiwanese Minnan * Singaporean Hokkien * Lan-nang Hokkien * Penang Hokkien * Muar Hokkien * Medan Hokkien
Teochew (Chaoshan Division)Chaozhou Min * Shantou dialect * Chaoyang dialect * Puning dialect * Huilai dialect * Hailufeng dialect * Bangkok Teochew
Qiongwen DivisionHainanese Min
Leizhou Min DivisionLeizhou Min * Zhanjiang dialect
Zhenan Min DivisionZhenan Min * Longhai dialect * Zhangpu dialect * Anxi dialect * Hui'an dialect * Tong'an dialect

Chinese language(s)

Spoken varieties
Major
subdivisions
MandarinNortheastern * Jilu * Jiao-Liao * Zhongyuan * Southwestern * Lanyin * Jianghuai * Beijing * Dungan * Xuzhou * Luoyang * Jinan * Karamay * Nanking * Sichuanese * Kunming * Shenyang * Harbin * Qingdao * Guanzhong * Dalian * Weihai * Taiwanese Mandarin * Singaporean Mandarin
WuTaihu * Chuqu * Shanghainese * Suzhou * Huzhou * Hangzhou * Ningbo * Changzhou * Wenzhou * Wuxi * Taizhou * Quzhou * Jiangyin * Qihai * Jiangshan * Qingtian * Jinxiang
YueCantonese * Gaoyang * Siyi * Goulou * Wuhua * Yongxun * Luoguang * Qinlian * Guanbao * Haihua * Tanka * Taishan
MinMin Bei * Min Dong * Min Nan * Min Zhong * Puxian * Qiong Wen * Taiwanese Minnan * Teochew * Jian'ou * Hokkien * Haifeng * Zhenan * Longyan * Fuzhou * Zhanjiang * Leizhou * Nanlang * Zhongshan * Sanxiang * Zhangzhou * Quanzhou * Amoy * Shantou * Manjiang * Singaporean Hokkien
XiangChangsha * Shuangfeng
HakkaDapeng * Yuantang
Gan Chang Jing * Ying Yi * Yi Liu * Da Tong
DisputedHuizhou * Jin * Pinghua * Hohhot * Danzhou
Unclassified
Xianghua * Yuebei Tuhua * Linghua
Ausbausprachen
Standard Mandarin * Standard Cantonese * Taiwanese
Phonology
Historical * Cantonese * Mandarin
History
Old Chinese * Middle Chinese * Proto-Min * Proto-Gan * Proto-Mandarin * Han'er | |
Written varieties
Written varieties
Official
Classical * Vernacular
Other
Vernacular Cantonese * Vernacular Donggan * Vernacular Minnan |



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