Qiyang dialect
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| Qiyang dialect | |
|---|---|
| 祁阳话 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Qiyang, Hunan province |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
The Qiyang dialect (Chinese: 祁阳话; pinyin: Qíyánghuà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese spoken in Qiyang, Hunan province.
Tones
[edit | edit source]The Qiyang dialect is quite unusual in that it is reported to have two "double contour" tones, high and low fall–rise–fall, or perhaps high fall – low fall and low fall – high fall: the entering tones yin qu (阴去) ˦˨˧˨ (4232) and yang qu (阳去) ˨˩˦˨ (2142). However, phonetically the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant, so these are phonemically a single tone. Moreover, the final fall of the yin qu tone is "not perceptually relevant", so it may be that 'dipping' (for yin qu) and 'peaking' (for yang qu) are a sufficient categorization.
References
[edit | edit source]- Wei Hu, 2011. "Production and Perception of Double Contour Tones in Qiyang Chinese". Presented at the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
