Wuhan dialect
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Wuhan dialect | |
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Native to | China |
Region | Wuhan, Hubei |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
cmn-xwu | |
Glottolog | None |
The Wuhan dialect (simplified Chinese:
Phonology
[edit]Tones
[edit]Like other Southwest Mandarin varieties, there are four tones. Words with the checked tone in Middle Chinese became the light level tone.
- Dark level 55 (also 44)
- Light level 312
- Rising 42
- Falling 35
- Neutral
Middle Chinese tone class | Wuhan | Example |
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Dark level |
āōēīūǖ | |
Light level | ǎǒěǐǔǚ | 爸 (pa213) |
Rising tone | àòèìùǜ | |
falling tone | áóéíúǘ | |
neutral tone | . |
Media use
[edit]Wuhan dialect is used in the 2019 film The Wild Goose Lake.
It is also used in the 2021 film Embrace Again, which is set in Wuhan. Embrace Again was filmed and released in two versions, one in Wuhan dialect and one in Standard Mandarin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Zhang, Shiliang (2015). The Wuhan Dialect: A Hybrid Southwestern Mandarin Variety of Sinitic (MA thesis). The University of Hong Kong. doi:10.5353/th_b5481914 (inactive 2024-04-12). hdl:10722/211145.
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link) - ^ "Light in the early, dark days of the pandemic". global.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 8 January 2022.