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Jian'ou dialect

Jian'ou
Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事
Pronunciation [kuiŋ˧˧ ɪ˥˦ ti˦˦]
Native to Southern China
Region Jian'ou, Fujian province
Chinese character, Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog None
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Jian'ou dialect (Northern Min: Gṳ̿ing-é-dī / 建甌事; Chinese: simplified Chinese: 建瓯话; traditional Chinese: 建甌話; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu huà), also known as Kienow dialect, is a local dialect of Northern Min Chinese spoken in Jian'ou in the north of the Fujian province. It is regarded as the standard common language in Jian'ou.

Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.



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