The Quzhou dialect (衢州話; pronounced in the Quzhou dialect) is a

dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...

Wu Chinese , region = Shanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces; overseas and migrant communities , ethnicity = Wu , speakers = million , date = 2021 , ref = e27 , fa ...

spoken in Quzhou, China.

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 plural

References

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