Xiguan dialect
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Xiguan | |
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Native to | Mainland China |
Region | Xiguan, Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
The Xiguan dialect, or Sai Kwan dialect[1][2][3] (Chinese:
Speakers[edit]
People living in Xiguan have generally lost a Xiguan accent; what they are actually speaking with is the lazy pronunciation (Chinese:
Differences with downtown accent[edit]
Differences in the pronunciation of some characters[edit]
Xiguan Accent | Downtown Accent | English Translation |
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han3(瞓) |
fan3(瞓) |
To sleep |
ji1( |
ji4(而) |
Now |
ji1( |
ni1(呢) |
This, these |
Confusion of consonants n & l[edit]
Due to Xiguan's near geographical position to Nanhai, both accents spoken in Xiguan and Nanhai feature n-l merger, in which /n/ and /l/ are merged into /l/. However, the feature is less prominent in the Xiguan accent.
Consonant ng[edit]
Speakers of Xiguan Accents pronounce zero consonant (Chinese:
Vowels i & ei / ai[edit]
Speakers of Xiguan Accents pronounce vowels ei and ai as i. The phenomenon also lies in Nanhai Accents, such as:
The Character | Xiguan Accent | Downtown Accent | English Translation |
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si2 | sai2 | To make, to cause, to use | |
si2 | sei2 | To die | |
si3 | sei3 | Four | |
嘶 | si1 | sai1 (Owing to the Popularization of Mandarin (Chinese: 推廣 |
Neigh, hiss |
Dental consonant[edit]
Additionally, speakers of Xiguan Accents enhance dental consonants (Chinese:
Status[edit]
Relationship with downtown accents (especially Dongshan accents)[edit]
Xiguan lies to the west of Taiping Gate (Chinese:
References[edit]
- ^ Leung, Wai Mun; Wu, Wing Li (December 2007). "On the Diachrony of the language phenomena in Hong Kong". Asian Social Science. 3 (12): 85–90. ISSN 1911-2017.
The language used there was called 'Sai-Kwan-Wa' which was the Cantonese pronunciation of 'Sai-Kwan Dialect'
- ^ Leung, Wai-mun (2006). "On the synchrony and diachrony of sentence-final particles: the caseof wo in Cantonese". The University of Hong Kong. doi:10.5353/th_b3622358 (inactive April 12, 2024).
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link) - ^ Bauer, Robert S.; Benedict, Paul K. (July 20, 2011). Modern Cantonese Phonology. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-082370-7.
- ^ Leung, Wai Mun; Wu, Wing Li (December 2007). "On the Diachrony of the language phenomena in Hong Kong". Asian Social Science. 3 (12): 85–90. ISSN 1911-2017.