Minjiang dialect

Minjiang dialect
岷江话
Pronunciation [min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦]
Native to China
Region Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan
Native speakers
 About 30 million (date missing)
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Linguist list
 cmn-xgm
Glottolog None

Minjiang is the central light khaki-green area around the cities and counties of Dujiangyan, Leshan, Yibin, Qijiang, Xichong (N), Xichang (SW), and an area to the east.

Minjiang dialect (simplified Chinese: 岷江话; traditional Chinese: 岷江話, local pronunciation: [min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦]; pinyin: Mínjiānghuà), is a branch of Sichuanese, spoken mainly in the Min River (Mínjiāng) valley or along the Yangtze in the southern and western parts of the Sichuan Basin. There is also a language island of Minjiang dialect located in the center of the Sichuan Basin covering three counties: Xichong, Yanting, and Shehong Counties.

The primary characteristic of the Minjiang dialect is that the stop consonants for checked-tone syllables in Middle Chinese have developed into tense vowels to create a phonemic contrast, and in several cities and counties the tense vowels retain a following glottal stop. It also keeps many characteristics of Ba-Shu Chinese phonology and vocabulary.[1][2] Due to these characteristics, the status of Minjiang dialect is disputed among linguists, with some classifying it as Southwestern Mandarin,[3] and others setting it apart as a successor of Ba-Shu Chinese.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 蓝勇 (1997). "第十三章：历史时期西南综合文化区的划分". 《西南历史文化地理》. 西南师范大学出版社. ISBN 7-5621-1603-2.
  2. ↑ 刘晓南（2009年第8卷第6期），《试论宋代巴蜀方言与现代四川方言的关系——兼谈文献考证的一个重要功用：追寻失落的方言》，语言科学
  3. ↑ 李蓝（2009年第1期），《西南官话的分区（稿）》，方言
  4. ↑ 杨波（1997年第5期），《四川官话入声现象的历史文化透视》，西南师范大学学报（哲学社会科学版）
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