Qingtian dialect

The Qingtian dialect (simplified Chinese: 青田话; traditional Chinese: 青田話; pinyin: Qīngtiánhuà, Wugniu: Chin1-dia2-wu6) is a dialect of the Chinese language, and is one of the Chuqu dialects of Wu Chinese spoken in Quzhou and Lishui prefectures of Zhejiang.^[1]

Qingtian
青田話 Chin1-dia2-wu6
Pronunciation	tɕiŋ³³⁴ tiɑ³¹ ɦu²²
Native to	People's Republic of China, Countries with significant populations of Qingtianese diaspora
Region	Qingtian county, Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang province
Native speakers	~518,000
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Wu Chuqu Qingtian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None qing1241  Qingtian
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Aside from being spoken in Qingtian county of Lishui prefecture in Zhejiang, China, the dialect is also widely spoken in countries where diasporas from Qingtian settle.

Phonology

The standard version of Qingtian dialect is based on the town of Hecheng (鹤城, go4-yin2), and has 29 initials, 49 finals, and 8 tones.

Initials Table of Qingtian Dialect

p1 班包	t1 丹當	k 街狗	ts 齋基	tɕ 姜专
pʰ 攀抛	tʰ 攤湯	kʰ 揩口	tsʰ 搓妻	tɕʰ 枪川
b 排旁	d 談堂	g 銜白讀厚文讀	dz 站奇	dʑ 强權
m 媽忙	n 奶閙	ŋ 蟻文讀牛		ȵ 你元
f 翻方		h 喊吼	s 山西	ɕ 相宣
v 凡房		ɦ 鞋侯	z 柴齊	j 祥員
	l 拉郎

See also

• List of varieties of Chinese
• Wenzhounese
• Romanization of Wu Chinese