Questions tagged [topolect]
Questions regarding regional variants of the Chinese language
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Are there any multi-syllabic words in Chinese without a glottal stop?
Are there any words in Chinese of 2 more syllables where there isn't a glottal stop between the syllables such that each syllable is not pronounced clearly, that a final consonant and initial ...
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Data on the endangerment of Southwestern Mandarin?
I'm looking for some data on the endangerment of Southwestern Mandarin.
Since it is rather a broad subject, it can be broken down to the Cheng–Yu 成渝 branch as it is quite representative of the ...
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Any evidence for z(h)uang (这么) and luang (那么)?
I keep hearing:
zuang [tsuaŋ]
and
luang [Ĩuaŋ]
for 这么 and 那么, respectively.
I believe it is Minjiang dialect (岷江话, 岷江小片).
I've flipped through a couple of books I have but I haven't been able ...
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Is /ʑ/ stigmatized in Wu?
The voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative /ʑ/ can be found in Wu words like: thank you. 谢谢 is said to be read:
ʑia ʑia
I'm seeing many resources online claiming that the reading can just be:
谢谢!...
