The Yongkang dialect () is a Wu Chinese dialect. It is spoken in the city of Yongkang in Zhejiang province. The Yongkang dialect can roughly be divided into accents, commonly known as Shangjiaoqiang () and Xiajiaoqiang (), spoken in northeastern Yongkang and south Yongkang respectively.
Phonology
Initials The Yongkang dialect has 35 initials, including the zero-initial consonant. LabialAlveolarAlveolo-PalatalPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosivevoicelesstenuisaspiratedvoicedAffricatevoicelesstenuisaspiratedvoicedFricativevoicelessvoicedApproximantplainlabialLateral
Finals The Yongkang dialect has 39 rimes. +Vowel nucleiFrontCentralBackUnroundedRoundedUnroundedRounded Close (colloquial) Mid Open
+Finals Medial Rime (colloquial)
The Yongkang dialect also has (as in ) in colloquial speech.
Tones The Yongkang dialect has 6 tones.
+Monosyllable tones Middle Chinese tone píng shǎng qù yīn ˦˦ (44) ˧˧˥ (35) ˥˧ (52) yáng ˨˨ (22) ˩˨˧ (13) ˨˦/˨˦˩ (24/241)
The checked tone of Middle Chinese has disappeared in the Yongkang dialect.
The Yongkang dialect uses tone sandhi to form diminutives.
+Diminutive tone sandhi Middle Chinese tone píng shǎng qù yīn ˧˨˦ (324) ˥˧ (53) ˧˧ (33) yáng ˧˨˦ (324) ˨˦ (24) ˩˩ (11)
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