The Haikou dialect is a topolect of Chinese and a subvariety of Hainanese spoken in Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province and island of China.
Phonology
The Haikou dialect has the following initials:
Labial Dental Sibilant Velar Glottal Stop / Affricate t ts k ʔ ɓ ɗ Nasal m n ŋ Fricative f s x h v z Lateral l
The finals are:
Vocalic codas Nasal codas Stop codas a ai au am aŋ ap ak ia iau iam iaŋ iap iak ua uai uaŋ uak ɛ e eŋ ek ue o ɔi ɔu ɔm ɔŋ ɔp ɔk io iɔŋ iɔk i iu im in ip it u ui un oŋ uk ok
There are also two syllabic nasals, /m̩/ and /ŋ̍/.
The tone categories (described using Chao tone letters) are:
level rising departing entering upper ˨˦ ˨˩˧ ˧˥ ˥ lower ˨˩ ˧ ˧ ʔ˥
See also Hainan Romanized
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