驻马店方言音系

On the Phonology of Dialect in Zhumadian

驻马店方言有以下特点:1.中古的知、照组全部和精组的洪音合并,与日母形成一个系列,读舌尖前擦音、塞擦音;2.舌尖前擦音、塞擦音声母在儿化时读为舌尖后音;3.不分尖团;入声中,中古清声母今多读阴平,中古浊声母今读阳平;4.中古通摄三等多读细音。

Dialects in Zhumadian has the following characteristics. First, based on the combination between all the sounds of the medieval Zhi （知） and Zhao（照） groups and the Hong（洪音 ） sound of the Jing（精 ） group, the phonological sounds are pronounced as alveolar fricative and affricate. Second, when attached the suffixation of a non-syllabic ＂r＂, the alveolar fricatives and affricates are transformed into retro-flexes. Third, there is no distinction between Jianyin （尖音） and Tuanyin （ 团音 ）. In the Rusheng （入声）, one of the four tones in classical Chinese pronunciation, the medieval unvoiced initial consonants are generally uttered in Yinping（阴平） today, that is, the high and level tone of modern standard Chinese pronunciation, while the medieval voiced sounds in Yangping（阳平） today, that is, the rising tone of the four tones in modem standard Chinese pronunciation. Fourth, the medieval Tongshe Sandeng（通摄三等 ） sounds are generally pronounced as Xi Yin （细音）.