Haikou dialect

Haikou dialect
海口話
Pronunciation	[hai˨˩˧ xau˨˩˧ ue˨˧]
Native to	Southern China
Region	Haikou, Hainan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Hainanese Haikou dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Haikou dialect is a dialect of Hainanese which is spoken in Haikou, the capital of Hainan province of China.

Phonology

Haikou dialect has the following initials:^[1]

		Labial	Dental	Sibilant	Velar	Glottal
Stop / Affricate	voiceless		t	ts	k	ʔ
Stop / Affricate	voiced implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Fricative	voiceless	f		s	x	h
Fricative	voiced	v		z
Lateral			l

The finals are:^[2]

There are also two syllabic nasals, /m̩/ and /ŋ̍/.^[2]

The tone categories (described using Chao tone letters) are:^[2]^[3]

	level	rising	departing	entering
upper	24	213	35	5
lower	21	33		3
lower	21	55ʔ		3

Chen, Hongmai (1996), Hǎikǒu fāngyán cídiǎn 海口方言詞典 [Haikou dialect dictionary], Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 16, Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Press, ISBN 978-7-5343-2886-2.
Yan, Margaret Mian (2006), Introduction to Chinese Dialectology, LINCOM Europa, ISBN 978-3-89586-629-6.

Languages

Southern subgroup	Fuzhou dialect Minhou dialect Lianjiang dialect Fuqing dialect Changle dialect Gutian dialect Pingtan dialect Luoyuan dialect Yongtai dialect Youxi dialect Ningde dialect Weili dialect Matsu dialect

Northern subgroup	Xiapu dialect Fu'an dialect Zherong dialect Fuding dialect Shouning dialect Zhouning dialect

Mango dialect	Taishun Manjiang Cangnan Manhua

Fucheng subgroup	Haikou dialect Ding'an dialect Chengmai dialect Tunchang dialect

Wenchang subgroup	Wenchang dialect Qionghai dialect

Wanning subgroup	Wanning dialect Lingshui dialect

Yaxian subgroup	Yaxian dialect

Changgan subgroup	Changjiang dialect

Logographic	Chinese characters

Alphabetic	Pe̍h-ōe-jī Pêh-uē-jī Hainan Romanized Foochow Romanized Fu'an Romanized Hinghwa Romanized Kienning Colloquial Romanized Taiwanese Romanization System Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet Daighi tongiong pingim Bbánlám pìngyīm Teochew Transliteration Scheme Hainanese Transliteration Scheme Fuzhou dialect Transliteration Scheme Jian'ou dialect Transliteration Scheme

Mixed	Hàn-lô

Research

Proto-languages	Proto-Min

Rime dictionaries	Qi Lin Bayin Anqiang Bayin Qiyin Zihui Bayin Dingjue Paizhang Zhiyin Dujiangshu Shiwuyin Huiyin Miaowu Zengbu Huiyin Chaosheng Shiwuyin Jimu Zhiyin Chaoyu Shiwuyin Jianzhou Bayin

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