太仓话和普通话音系比较

The Phonology Comparison between Taicang Dialect and Mandarin

太仓话和普通话音系比较结果显示:声母方面,太仓话有声母29个,比普通话多8个;较完整地系统保留古全浊声母;分尖团;不分平翘舌音,只有舌尖前音,没有舌尖后音。韵母方面,太仓话有韵母43个,比普通话多4个;有一套入声韵母;前后鼻音较多相混;单元音韵母比普通话多。声调方面,太仓话有8个声调,比普通话多4个,中古四声各分阴阳,调值也不相同。

The results of the comparison between Taicang dialect and Mandarin show that there are 29 consonants in Taicang dialect, 8 more than in Mandarin, which retains the ancient voiced consonant, distinguishes the tip and mass, has dental but no blade-palatal. There are 43 vowels in Taicang dialect, 4 more than in Mandarin, which has a system of entering tone, and confounds front and back nasal. Besides, there are more monophthong vowels in Taicang dialect than in Mandarin. There are 8 tones in Taicang dialect, 4 more than in Mandarin. The four tones of the medieval times are separate in the negative and positive respectively with the different numerical values.