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 (southern Guangxi) cluster ().
Phonology
Initials There are 18 phonemic initials (including the zero initial):
Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal Plosive plain aspirated Affricate plain aspirated Fricative Lateral fricative Nasal Lateral approximant
Rimes There are seventy (70) rimes.
Tones There are seven tones, six of which are native: Name Tone letter yin level () (33) yang level () (21) rising () (55) departing () (24) high entering () (55) low entering () (21)
The other tone, (35), is non-native, occurs in very few words, and corresponds to the yin level () tone in Pinghua.
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