Haikou dialect

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:

The finals are:

There are also two syllabic nasals, /m̩/ and /ŋ̍/.

The tone categories (described using Chao tone letters) are:

See also

• Hainan Romanized

Notes

References

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