What's the difference between Chaoshan dialect and Minnan dialect?

The Minnan initials in Fujian, Quanzhou and Xiamen are 17. Zhangzhou is 18.

Chaoshan dialect has the initial 18, just like Zhangzhou dialect.

As far as initials are concerned, the most prominent feature of Chaoshan dialect is that the initial "ng" controls more characters than Fujian Minnan dialect. For example, the following words are commonly pronounced "G" in Minnan dialect of Fujian, but "ng" in Chaoshan dialect: Yayao meets foreigners, and foreigners sing yin rebellion.

Second, vowels

Vowels are more complicated than the first letter. But generally speaking, the similarities between Chaoshan dialect and Fujian Minnan dialect are greater than the differences. Now, according to the types of vowels, the comparison is as follows:

(1) vowel system (including the corresponding entering vowels):

(2) Yangyun (including the corresponding entering vowels)

(3) nasal rhyme? Includes corresponding input vowels:

Third, tone.

Chaoshan dialect has eight tones, while Fujian Minnan dialect generally has seven tones. In this paper, the tone categories and tone values of the two aspects are compared as follows (numbers indicate tone values):

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In a specific dialect, the tone value is a relative pitch, and the difference of tone value lies in the difference of tone category. Therefore, the difference between Chaoshan dialect and Minnan dialect in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen is mainly that there are only seven Minnan dialects in Fujian. Although Zhangzhou and Xiamen are the same, they are different from Quanzhou. Interestingly, the tone of Minnan dialect in Fujian can also be eight tones.

The enlightenment we may get from this is that the early Minnan dialect in Fujian should also have eight tones, but it has been merged in the development process, while the Chaoshan dialect has no such integration and still retains the tone pattern of the early Minnan dialect in Fujian.

From the perspective of tone, the outstanding difference between Chaoshan dialect and Fujian Minnan dialect in tone is only in tone and tone.

Extended data:

1, Chaoshan dialect use area:

Chaoshan dialect is the mother tongue of chaozhou people (chaozhou people, the capital of Chaozhou). Today, Chaoshan dialect is popular in Chaoshan area and overseas, mainly in Southeast Asia, Western Europe and Australia. Chaozhou dialect is represented by the old Chaozhou Fucheng dialect. Language pedigree: Sino-Tibetan language family-Chinese language family-Min language family-Chaozhou film. Covering Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang, including Fengshun; Generally called "Chaozhou dialect".

2. Minnan dialect is mainly distributed in Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces;

Minnan dialect is mainly distributed in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Longyan, xinluo district, zhangping city, Sanming, Fuding, Xiapu, Jiaocheng, Datian and Youxi in Fuqing: some natural villages in Yuxi Town, Fuqing City, and some natural villages in Wangkeng, Shangjing, Silverstream, Yangxiaxiang and Dong Zhang towns in Yidu Township.

Hui, Manchu and Mongolian people in Quanzhou will also use fluent Minnan language, and Hui people in Quanzhou who are not in Hui township will also use Minnan language.

Apart from Fujian, Minnan is the most popular language in Taiwan Province Province, and the population in Taiwan Province Province who can speak Minnan accounts for about 80% of the province.

At the same time, it is also distributed in Chinese mainland and other parts of Southeast Asia:

Guangdong province: some towns and villages in Huidong county, Huizhou city in the southeast; Several dialect islands in the eastern Chaoshan area, Hailufeng area and the old Xiangshan County of Guangdong Province [including Longdu, Denengdu, the four major capitals, the ancient capital, and Qiao Island in Shanggong Changdu]; Zhanjiang Leizhou Peninsula, Maoming Dianbai District, Yangjiang coastal area, etc.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Guiping, Pingnan, Beiliu and Liuzhou are scattered in the southeast.

Hainan Province: It is distributed in Haikou, Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, Ding 'an, Tunchang, Chengmai, Lingshui, Ledong, Dongfang, Changjiang, Sanya, Qiongzhong and Wuzhishan.

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