Hainanese

Hainanese (Hainan Romanised: Hái-nâm-oe, simplified Chinese: 海南话; traditional Chinese: 海南話; pinyin: Hǎinánhuà), also known as Qióngwén (simplified Chinese: 琼文; traditional Chinese: 瓊文) or Qióngyǔ (琼语; 瓊語),[2] is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. In the classification of Yuan Jiahua, it was included in the Southern Min group, although it is mutually unintelligible with Southern Min varieties such as Hokkien–Taiwanese and Teochew.[3] In the classification of Li Rong, used by the Language Atlas of China, it was treated as a separate Min subgroup.[4] Hou Jingyi combined it with Leizhou Min, spoken on the neighboring mainland Leizhou Peninsula, in a Qiong–Lei group.[5] "Hainanese" is also used for the language of the Li people living in Hainan, but generally refers to Min varieties spoken in Hainan.

For the Hainanese people, see Hainan people.
For the chicken rice, see Hainanese chicken rice.
Hainanese
Qiong wen
海南話, Hái-nâm-oe
Pronunciation[hai˨˩˧ nam˨˩ ue˨˧] (Haikou dialect)
Native toChina
RegionHainan
EthnicityHainanese
Native speakers
Around 5 million in China (2002)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Dialects
Chinese characters
Hainan Romanized
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologhain1238
Linguasphere79-AAA-k
  Hainanese
Bible in Hainan Romanised (Genesis), published by the Bible Society of Great Britain.

Phonology

Hainanese has seven phonemic vowels .

FrontCentralBack
Close /i//u/
Close-mid /e//o/
Open-mid /ɛ//ɔ/
Open /a/

Hainanese notably has a series of implosive consonants, which it acquired through contact with surrounding languages, probably Hlai.

LabialDentalAlveoloVelarGlottal
Nasal /m/
目
mak		/n/
念
niam		/ŋ/
乐
ngak
Plosive voiceless /p/
爸
pa		/t/
洗
toi		/k/
公
kong		/ʔ/
啊
a
Aspirated (/pʰ/)
婆
pho		(/kʰ/)
去
khu
voiced/implosive /ɓ/
ɓak
北		/ɗ/
茶
ɗei		(/ɠ/)
Affricate /ts/
食
tsia		/dʑ/
日
Jit
Fricative voiceless /f/
皮
fi		/s/
事
sei		/x/
去
xu		/h/
海
hai
voiced /v/
文
vun		/z/
欲
zok		/ɦ/
Approximant (/w/)
发
wat		/l/
老
lao		(/j/)
肉
yok

The phonological system of Hainanese corresponds well with that of Hokkien, but it has had some restructuring. In particular, etymological *anterior plain stops have undergone implosivization (*p > [ɓ], *t > [ɗ], etymological *aspirated stops have spirantized (*pʰ > [f], *tʰ > [h], *cʰ > [ɕ] *kʰ > [x]), and etymological *s have hardened into stops (*s > [t]), and *h > [ɦ]. Additionally, some dialects have [ɡ], and [ʑ] is allophonic with /j/.

See also

References
  1. Hou, Jingyi 侯精一 (2002). Xiàndài hànyǔ fāngyán gàilùn 现代汉语方言概论 [An Introduction to Modern Chinese Dialects]. Shanghai Educational Press 上海教育出版社. pp. 207–208.
  2. "为新加坡琼属"寻根"的热心人——王振春". Hainan.gov (in Chinese). 中新海南网. Retrieved 22 March 2020. 他组织演出琼语话剧《海南四条街》，搬上新琼舞台，引起两地海南人的共鸣。
  3. Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2017). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Chinese, Min Nan.
  4. Kurpaska, Maria (2010). Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of "The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects". Walter de Gruyter. pp. 54–55, 86. ISBN 978-3-11-021914-2.
  5. Hou, Jingyi 侯精一 (2002). Xiàndài hànyǔ fāngyán gàilùn 现代汉语方言概论 [An Introduction to Modern Chinese Dialects]. Shanghai Educational Press 上海教育出版社. p. 238.

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