The Younian dialect () is a dialect of Northern Pinghua spoken in northern Guangxi. It is spoken by ethnic Red Yao people in Longsheng County, Guilin, Guangxi province. There were more than 10,000 native speakers in 1997. It has been documented in detail by Ouyang (2010).
Phonology
Initials Different towns in Longsheng have different inventories of consonants, differing from 18 in Pannei township to more than 20 in Heping and Mati townships. The characters in this table are based on Heping township's dialect. +Younian Dialect Initials LabialAlveolarAlveolo-PalatalAbsent in the dialect of Pannei township.PalatalVelarGlottalNasal麦问米木脑年南泥热蛾那燃Only found in the Pannei dialect.月安岸岩Plosive/ Affricatevoiceless八兵爬牌多甜早桃租竹主装张纸争齐高击姜劲aspiratedNot present in Mati township dialect.派劈拼片讨天刺字茶柱抄春拆车棋渠权开庆轻Continuantvoiceless副饭飞灰This sound is also transcribed as /l̥/丝三酸想船山床县响凶形惜好获形合voiced王黄放用绿乱来烂/j/ is an allophone of the zero initial in Mati and Heping township dialects, or of /i/ after the zero initial.Zero initial 云荣劲益
Heping has /x/ but no /h/, Pannei has /h/ but no /x/, and Mati has both.
Finals +Heping Township Finalsi-u-y-∅ 哪支眉芝 徒猪浮富 写舒殊吕a 巴花夹杂 爷客沾孩 瓜瓦滑画o 他哭可竹 药肉六薄e 雪特力角 者接业热 决坑坑 月阅绝u 椒表苗尿ai 大牙台累 坏怀快块ei 碎米细泥 杯税每类i 火劈斧au 桃豆酒猴eu 多坐告稍九疗休柔an 三斩犯懒茎银烟仍含敢汗岸 愿援远泉en根尊针跟尖严点钱 全砖船文 元原券权aŋ帮讲康冈让向江争 创状壮撞eŋ 朋肯恒晴 东葱风东 梁张箱唱ŋ 五午无
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References
Ōuyáng, Lán 欧阳澜. 2010. Guǎngxī lóngshèng hépíng xiāng yōuniànhuà yǔyīn cíhuì yánjiū 广西龙胜和平乡优念话语音词汇研究 [Research on the phonetics and vocabulary of Younianhua in Heping Town]. Doctoral dissertation, Guǎngxī Normal University 广西师范大学. Li, Xinghui [李星辉]. 2018. Xiangan Jianghua Hanyu Tuhua yu Yaoyu bijiao yanjiu [湘南江华汉语土话与瑶语比较研究]. Beijing: Science Press [科学出版社].