江西全南勉语语音研究

The Phonological Study of the Mian(勉)Language in Quannan(全南),Jiangxi(江西)

瑶族村位于江西省赣州市全南县东北部的崇山峻岭中,村内的瑶族属于瑶语支系的过山瑶系。江西全南勉语的声调系统有10个调类,其中包括7个舒声调以及3个入声调;声母有77个,包括76个辅音声母外加1个零声母;韵母有52个,根据韵尾的不同,可分为阴声韵、阳声韵以及入声韵。并且发现60岁以上的老人发音与40岁左右人的发音在声调、声母以及韵母等方面也有一定的区别变化。

The Yao(瑶)Village is located in the mountains in the northeast of Quannan(全南),Ganzhou(赣州),Jiangxi(江西).The Yao(瑶)people in the village belong to the Guo-Shan(过山)Yao(瑶),a branch of the Yao(瑶)language.The tone-system of the Mian(勉)language in Quannan(全南)has ten tone categories,including seven comfortable-tones and three incoming tones.There are seventy-seven initial-consonants,including seventy-six consonant-consonants and one zero-initial consonant;There are fifty-two vowels,which can be divided into Yin-rhyme(阴声韵),Yang-rhyme(阳声韵),and entering-rhyme according to the difference in rhyme endings.It is also found that there are certain differences in tone,initial-consonants,and vowels between the pronunciation of elderly people over sixty years of age and those around forty years of age.