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Wu dialect of Zhejiang, China
Taizhou
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionZhejiang
Language familySino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6tzoj
GlottologNone
Bible in Taizhou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

The Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu wa; simplified Chinese: 台州话; traditional Chinese: 台州話; pinyin: Tāizhōuhuà) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province, China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.

Phonetics

Consonants

Romanization (IPA) Examples
p 百班冰包
p' 拍派拼泡
b 白排病刨
m 麥買命貓
f 弗反風飛
v 佛飯縫肥
t 搭單東刀
t' 塔攤通討
d 達談動逃
n 捺難農腦
l 辣懶弄老
k 格干公告
k' 客看空考
g 狂渠
ng 我牙耳咬
h 好虎海漢
' 號害寒何
ky 今记吉九
ky' 轻气挈吃
gy 琴奇杰求
ny 日念人繞
hy 許希訓晓
y 陽耶園有
ts 只子早珍
ts' 七此草稱
dz 遲查丈
s 息思手身
z 十字就善
c , 珠轉種祝
c' , 取穿充出
dj , 住著重濁
sh , 說水
j , 樹從
w 華會活還
烏音愛安
  • and are syllabic consonants

Vowels

Monophthongs i w ü
a ia wa -
e - we -
u iu wu -
æn iæn wæn -
ön in wön ün
- - - -
æ o ô
eo i ü -
Diphthongs i w ü
ao iao - -
ang iang uang -
ông - uông üông
ong - - üong
eng ing weng üing
Glottals i w ü
æh - - -
ah iah - -
eh ih weh üih
ôh - - üôh
oh - - üoh

References


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