The Leshan dialect (simplified Chinese: 乐山话; traditional Chinese: 樂山話; pinyin: Lèshānhuà; Sichuanese Standard Chinese: No2san1hua4; local pronunciation: [nʊʔ3sã55xuɑ224]) is the Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan and is a variety of Minjiang. It preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.
| Leshan | |
|---|---|
| 乐山话 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Shizhong District, Leshan Wutongqiao District Shawan District Qianwei County Muchuan County |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 770,000[citation needed]) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early forms | Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 | mjic |
| Glottolog | None |
Phonology
There are a total of 20 initials in the Leshan dialect.[1]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Coronal | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | plain | /p/ 贝 | /t/ 得 | /k/ 古 | |||
| aspirated | /pʰ/ 配 | /tʰ/ 套 | /kʰ/ 可 | ||||
| Affricate | plain | /ts/ 早 | /tɕ/ 价 | ||||
| aspirated | /tsʰ/ 草 | /tɕʰ/ 巧 | |||||
| Nasal | /m/ 没 | /n/ 路 | /ŋ/ 我 | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | /f/ 发 | /s/ 速 | /ɕ/ 小 | /x/ 好 | ||
| voiced | /v/ 五 | /z/ 认 | |||||
| Zero | ∅ 衣 | ||||||