Wuming Mandarin


Wuming Mandarin or Wuming Guanhua, known locally as Wuminghua, is a dialect of Southwestern Mandarin spoken in urban Wuming District, specifically in the towns of Chengxiang and Fucheng. It is a variety that has been influenced substantially by Zhuang, which is the majority language of the district.

Classification

Wuming Mandarin is classified as a part of the Gui–Liu subgroup of Southwestern Mandarin. The second edition of the Language Atlas of China further classifies it as part of the Guinan cluster.

Phonology

Initials

There are 18 phonemic initials :

Rimes

There are seventy rimes.

Tones

There are seven tones, six of which are native:
NameTone letter
yin level
yang level
rising
departing
high entering
low entering

The other tone, , is non-native, occurs in very few words, and corresponds to the yin level tone in Pinghua.