Taizhou dialect

Taizhou
Taizhou
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Zhejiang
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Wu Taizhou Wu Taizhou; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	tzoj
Glottolog	None

The Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu wa; simplified Chinese: 台州话; traditional Chinese: 台州話; pinyin: Tāizhōuhuà) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province, China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.

Phonetics

Monophthongs	i	w	ü
a [a]	ia [ia]	wa [ua]	-
e [e]	-	we [ue]	-
u [u]	iu [iu]	wu [u]	-
æn [ɛ̃]	iæn [iɛ̃]	wæn [uɛ̃]	-
ön [ø̃]	in [iẽ]	wön [uø̃]	ün [yø̃]
-	-	-	-
æ [ɛ]	[ɹ̩]	o [o]	ô [ɔ]
eo [ɤ]	i [i]	ü [y]	-

Diphthongs	i	w	ü
ao [aɒ]	iao [iaɒ]	-	-
ang [aŋ]	iang [iaŋ]	uang [uaŋ]	-
ông [ɔŋ]	-	uông [uɔŋ]	üông [yɔŋ]
ong [oŋ]	-	-	üong [yoŋ]
eng [əŋ]	ing [iŋ]	weng [uəŋ]	üing [yŋ]

Glottals	i	w	ü
æh [æʔ]	-	-	-
ah [aʔ]	iah [iaʔ]	-	-
eh [əʔ]	ih [iʔ]	weh [uəʔ]	üih [yʔ]
ôh [ɔʔ]	-	-	üôh [yɔʔ]
oh [oʔ]	-	-	üoh [yoʔ]