The Haikou dialect is a
topolect of Chinese and a subvariety of
Hainanese
Hainanese (Hainan Romanised: ', Hainanese Pinyin: ',), also known as Qióngwén, Heng2 vun2 () or Qióngyǔ, Heng2 yi2 (), is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Overseas Chinese su ...
spoken in
Haikou
Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Ha ...
, the capital of the
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
province and island of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
Phonology
The Haikou dialect has the following initials:
The finals are:
There are also two
syllabic nasals, /m̩/ and /ŋ̍/.
The tone categories (described using Chao
tone letter
Tone letters are letters that represent the tones of a language, most commonly in languages with contour tones.
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Chao tone letters (IPA)
A series of iconic tone letters based on a musical staff was devised by Yuen Ren Chao in the ...
s) are:
See also
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Hainan Romanized
Hainanese Romanized, also known as its local name Bǽh-oe-tu (白話字), is an orthography similar to Pe̍h-oē-jī, and used to write Haikou dialect of the Hainanese language. It was invented by Carl C. Jeremiassen, a Danish pioneer missi ...
References
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