Phonology
Initials
Finals
Tones
The Quzhou dialect is considered to have seven tones. However, since the tone split from Middle Chinese, characters still depend on the voicing of the initial consonant. These constitute just three phonemic tones: ''ping'', ''shang'', and ''qu.'' (''Ru'' syllables are phonemically toneless.)Grammar
Sentence structure
The first example can be compared with Japanese: あなたは私の友達だよ。(anata wa watashi no tomodachi dayo.) Here, 啘 resembles Japanese だよ (dayo).Lexicon
Pronouns
* 我 1st person singular * 你 2nd person singular * 渠[ 3rd person singular * 我達 , 我拉 (我耷) 1st person plural * 你達 , 你拉 , 爾耷- 2nd person plural * 渠達 , 渠拉 (渠耷) 3rd person pluralReferences
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