Reading “Lang Tao Sha Ling” by Li Yu in Wuxinese

The Wuxi dialect (Simplified Chinese: 无锡话; Traditional Chinese: 無錫話; Pinyin: Wúxīhuà, Wu: mu1 sik1 wo3, Wuxi dialect: [vu˨˨˧ siɪʔ˦ ɦu˨]) is a dialect of Wu. It is spoken in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu province, China.

It has many similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related.[citation needed] It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language.

Phonology

Initials

[1] Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/

Affricate

voiceless p t ts tɕ k ʔ
aspirated pʰ tʰ tsʰ tɕʰ kʰ
slack voice b d dz dʑ g
Fricative voiceless f s ɕ x h
slack voice v ɦ
Lateral l

Finals

Tones

Tones
Middle Chinese tone
píng 平 shǎng 上 qù 去 rù 入
yīn 陰 ˥˧ (53) ˧˥ (35) ˦ (44) ʔ˥ (55)
yáng 陽 ˨˦ (24) ˨˩˧ (213) ʔ˩˨ (12)

References

  1. ^ Chao 1976, p. 49.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxi_dialect
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