Hainanese
Qiongwen
海南話, Hhai3 nam2 ue1, Hái-nâm-oe
Pronunciation[hai˨˩˧ nam˨˩ ue˨˧] (Haikou dialect)
Native toChina, Singapore, Thailand
RegionHainan
EthnicityHainanese
Native speakers
Around 5 million in China (2002)[1]
Early forms
Dialects
Chinese characters

Hainanese Pinyin

Hainan Romanized
Language codes
ISO 639-3(hnm is proposed[5])
Glottologhain1238
Linguasphere79-AAA-k
  Hainanese
Varieties of the Hainanese spoken in Hainan.
The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain

Hainanese (Hainan Romanised: Hái-nâm-oe, Hainanese Pinyin: Hhai3 nam2 ue1, simplified Chinese: 海南话; traditional Chinese: 海南話; pinyin: Hǎinánhuà), also known as Qiongwen (simplified Chinese: 琼文; traditional Chinese: 瓊文) or Qiongyu (琼语; 瓊語),[6] is a distinct variety of Min Chinese spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Overseas Chinese such as Thailand. In the classification of Yuan Jiahua, it was included in the Southern Min group, being mutually unintelligible with other Southern Min varieties such as Hokkien–Taiwanese and Teochew.[7] In the classification of Li Rong, used by the Language Atlas of China, it was treated as a separate Min subgroup.[8] Hou Jingyi combined it with Leizhou Min, spoken on the neighboring mainland Leizhou Peninsula, in a Qiong–Lei group.[9] "Hainanese" is also used for the language of the Li people living in Hainan, but generally refers to Min varieties spoken in Hainan.

Phonology

The phonologies of the different varieties of Hainanese are highly divergent,[10] with the Wenchang dialect being the prestige dialect, and often used as a reference.[11]

Consonants

Below is a table for the consonants of Hainanese across the dialects of Wenchang, Haikou and Banqiao.[10] For more information on a specific variety, please consult the relevant article.

LabialDentalAlveolo-
palatal		VelarGlottal
Plosive voiceless /p/[lower-roman 1]
爸 pa		/t/
洗 toi		/k/
公 kong		/ʔ/
啊 a
aspirated /pʰ/[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2]
婆 pho		/tʰ/[lower-roman 1]
/kʰ/[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2]
去 khu
voiced /b/[lower-roman 3]
/d/[lower-roman 3]
/g/[lower-roman 4]
我 gua
implosive /ɓ/[lower-roman 3][lower-roman 2]
北 ɓak		/ɗ/[lower-roman 3][lower-roman 2]
茶 ɗei		(/ɠ/)[lower-roman 5]
Affricate voiceless /ts/[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2]/tɕ/[lower-roman 4]
食 tsia
aspirated /tsʰ/[lower-roman 1]
voiced /dz/[lower-roman 1]
/dʑ/[lower-roman 4]
日 jit
Fricative voiceless /ɸ/[lower-roman 4]
皮 fi		/θ/[lower-roman 1]
/s/
事 sei		/ɕ/[lower-roman 4][lower-roman 2]/x/
/h/
海 hai
voiced /v/[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2]
文 vun		/z/[lower-roman 2]
欲 zok		/ɦ/[lower-roman 4]
Nasal /m/
目 mak		/n/
念 niam		/ŋ/
乐 ngak
Approximant /w/[lower-roman 4]
发 wat		/l/
老 lao		/j/[lower-roman 4]
肉 yok
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Present in the Banqiao dialect.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Present in the Haikou dialect.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Present in the Wenchang dialect, where there is a phonemic distinction between voiced and implosive stop consonants.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Present in the Wenchang dialect.
  5. ↑ Not usually transcribed as /ɠ/, and not phonemically distinct from /g/ in the Wenchang dialect or from /ŋ/ in other Hainanese varieties.[12]

Many of the mostly widely spoken varieties Hainanese notably have a series of implosive consonants, /ɓ/ and /ɗ/, which were acquired through contact with surrounding languages, probably Hlai. However, more conservative varieties of Hainanese such as Banqiao remain closer to Teochew and other varieties of Southern Min, lack them.[10]

The consonant system of Hainanese corresponds well with that of Hokkien, but it has had some restructuring. In particular:[10]

  • Etymological plain stops have undergone implosivization (*p > [ɓ], *t > [ɗ]) in the more innovative varieties such as Wenchang and Haikou.
  • Etymological aspirated stops have spirantized (*pʰ > [ɸ], *tʰ > [h], *tsʰ > [ɕ], *kʰ > [h~x]) in more innovative varieties.
  • The lenition of an historic *b into [v] in Banqiao and Haikou, though not in Wenchang.
  • Former *s has hardened into a stop (*s > [t]), although in the more conservative Banqiao dialect some instances have only undergone fortition to (*s > [θ]), and others have remained [s].
  • Former *h has become [ɦ] in Wenchang.

Additionally, [ʑ] is an allophone of /j/.

These changes also make Hainanese fairly close to Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary.

Chinese characterMandarinTaiwanese HokkienHaikou HainaneseSino-Vietnamese
邪xiésiâdia2da
仙xiānsiandin1tiên
散sànsuànndan4tàn
跡jìjiakdi1tích
神shénsîndin2thần
痴chīchisi1si

Vowels

Hainanese has seven phonemic vowels .

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

Tones

Tone chart of the Hainan dialect
Tone numberTone nameTone contourExample
1 yin ping (阴平)˨˦ (24)诗
2 yang ping (阳平)˨˩ (21)时
3 yin shang (阴上)˨˩˩ (211)死
4 yin qu (阴去)˧˥ (35)四
5 yang qu (阳去)˧ (33)是
6 yin ru (阴入)˥ (5)失
7 yang ru (阳入)˧ (3)实
8 chang ru (长入)˥ (55)视

Romanization

Hainanese Pinyin

Hainanese Pinyin (海南话拼音方案) is a phonetic system announced by the Education Administration Department of Guangdong Province in September 1960. It marks tones with numbers.

Initials

IPAHainanese PinyinBǽh-oe-tuExample
/ɓ/bb北
/p/bp波
/pʰ/pph坡
/ɸ/pf皮
/m/mm摩
/b/vb ?
/v/vv无
/t/dt装
/ɗ/ddd刀
/n/nn挪
/l/ll罗
/k/gk哥
/ŋ/ngg俄
/x/hkh可
/h/hhh号
/ɠ/ghg我
/ts/zc支
/s/ss妻
/z/yj余

Finals

IPAHainanese PinyinBǽh-oe-tuExample
/a/aa亚
/o/oo荷
/ɛ/ee摩
/i/ii医
/u/uu呜
aiaiai哀
ɔioioi鞋
auaoau喉
iaiaia也
iɔioio腰
uauaoa换
ueueoe话
uiuioi威
uaiuaioai坏
ɔuouou黑
iuiuiu柚
iauiaoiau妖
iamiamiam厌
imimim音
amamam暗
ananan安
ininin烟
ununun温
uanuanoan弯
aŋangag红
eŋengeg英
ɔŋongog翁
iaŋiangiag央
uaŋuangoag汪
iɔŋiongiog匈
ipibib邑
iapiabiab协
atadat遏
itidit乙
utudut核
uatuadoat挖
akagak鹤
ekegek益
okogok喔
iokiogiok育
uakuagoak廓
-ʔ-h-h不

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[2][3][4]

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. ↑ Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR 2718766
  3. ↑ Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Change Request Documentation: 2021-045". 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "为新加坡琼属"寻根"的热心人——王振春". Hainan.gov (in Chinese). 中新海南网. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. 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。
  7. ↑ Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2017). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Chinese, Min Nan.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Huang, Karen (2006). "Contact-induced changes in the languages of Hainan". Annual Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature. University of Hawaii.
  11. ↑ "其中文昌话语音清晰，影响较大，被视为海南话的标准语，是海南广播电台、电视台与社会使用的主要方言。" From "《文昌县志·第二十九编 社会习俗·第三章 方言》". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  12. ↑ "Amaravati: Abode of Amritas: 08.6.20.23:50: HAINANESE 缩气音 'SHRUNKEN BREATH SOUNDS'". www.amritas.com. *Xu and Yang regard [g] (their gz) as an implosive, but it sounds like a regular [g] to me. I presume Li Fang-kuei also heard a regular [g], as he only reported two implosives in Haina[n]ese: [ɓ ɗ].

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