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Younian dialect
Native toChina
Region广西壮族自治区 Longsheng County [zh]
EthnicityHongyao Pinghua [zh](优念)
Native speakers
(about <10000 cited 1997)[a]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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The Younian language or Younian dialect (Chinese: 优念话; pinyin: Yōuniànhuà) is a Pinghua dialect of northern Guangxi, China. It is spoken by ethnic Red Yao people in Longsheng County, Guilin, Guangxi province. There were more than 10,000 native speakers in 1997. It has been documented in detail by Ouyang (2010).

Phonology

Initials

Different towns in Longsheng have different inventories of consonants, differing from 18 in Pannei township to more than 20 in Heping and Mati townships. The characters in this table are based on Heping township's dialect.[1]

Younian Dialect Initials
  Labial Alveolar Alveolo-Palatal[Note 1] Palatal Velar Glottal
plain sibilant
Nasal m
麦问米木
n
脑年南泥
ȵ
热蛾那燃
ɲ[Note 2] ŋ
月安岸岩
Plosive/

Affricate

voiceless p
八兵爬牌
t
多甜早桃
ts
租竹主装

张纸争齐
k
高击姜劲
aspirated [Note 3]
派劈拼片

讨天刺字
tsʰ
茶柱抄春
tɕʰ
拆车棋渠

权开庆轻
Continuant voiceless f
副饭飞灰
ɬ[Note 4]
丝三酸想
s
船山床县
ɕ
响凶形惜
x[Note 1]好获形合 h
voiced v[Note 1]王黄放用 l
绿乱来烂
j[Note 5]
Zero initial 云荣劲益

Finals

Heping Township Finals
i- u- y-
i 哪支眉芝 u 徒猪浮富 y 写舒殊吕
a a 巴花夹杂 ia 爷客沾孩 ua 瓜瓦滑画
o o 他哭可竹 io 药肉六薄
e e 雪特力角 ie 者接业热 ue 决坑坑 ye 月阅绝
u iu 椒表苗尿
ai ai 大牙台累 uai 坏怀快块
ei ei 碎米细泥 uei 杯税每类
i ui 火劈斧
au au 桃豆酒猴 iau
eu eu 多坐告稍 ieu九疗休柔
an an 三斩犯懒 ian茎银烟仍 uan含敢汗岸 yan 愿援远泉
en en根尊针跟 in尖严点钱 uen 全砖船文 yin 元原券权
帮讲康冈 iaŋ让向江争 uaŋ 创状壮撞
朋肯恒晴 东葱风东 ioŋ 梁张箱唱
ŋ ŋ̩ 五午无

References

  1. ^ Mao Zongwu [毛宗武]. 2007. Younuoyu yanjiu (A Study of Younuo) [优诺语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. p.1.
  1. ^ a b c Absent in the dialect of Pannei township.
  2. ^ Only found in the Pannei dialect.
  3. ^ Not present in Mati township dialect.
  4. ^ This sound is also transcribed as /l̥/
  5. ^ /j/ is an allophone of the zero initial in Mati and Heping township dialects, or of /i/ after the zero initial.
  1. ^ 欧阳澜 (2012-04-28). "广西龙胜和平乡红瑶优念话音系". 湖北第二师范学院学报 (12): 46-51. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-344X.2011.12.012. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2018-11-13.