What Chinese language(s) have pronunciation ㄍ丨(romanization: gi)

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Heard pronunciation ㄍ丨(romanization: gi) recently in a dialect of south western mandarin.

I was trying to trace it together with something else.

Seems like Hakka pronounces 机/機ㄍ丨but I couldn't really see much else.

What Chinese language(s) have pronunciation ㄍ丨(romanization: gi)?

According to (wikipedia)[zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E6%97%8F], At leaset some variants of 吴语, 赣语, and 客家语 uses gi as a third person singular pronoun. — Wang Dingwei, May 30 '16 at 5:53

thinwa · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-01 02:49:29Z

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Yes, 机 pronounce gi(pin yin) in Hakka. But not all "Ji" pronounciation have the same reflection. e.g. 鸡 pronouce gie(pin yin) in Hakka, not gi.

Other examples I remember for now: 几，吉，记，季，寄，继，计，贵， etc. Of course, they have different tones.

answered May 31 '16 at 1:39

thinwa

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I think / / represents IPA so it should be written /ki/ not /gi/ – user3306356♦ May 31 '16 at 3:53
@user3306356 thanks for your correction. – thinwa Nov 1 '17 at 2:47

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