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THE DIALECTS OF HONG KONG BOAT PEOPLE

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The fact that these four traditional categories have names which often bear no relationship to the actual tone contours in a modern dialect should in no way detract from their great usefulness as standard labels. The desire to put descriptive names on each group for each dialect may have some pedagogical justification but results in unnecessary profusion of terminology when used in cross-dialect study.

The consonants of KS are:

Labials
Dentals
Palatals
Velars

Unaspirated stopsAspirated stops pph tth cch kkh Nasalsmnngs Spirantsfsh Laterall

The phonetic values for these consonants in all linguistic environments are similar to those of SC with the exception of /k/ before /u/ where the pronunciation is that of a well-rounded laryngeal stop [q"], and /-at/ which is commonly [-a'] in rapid speech.

Examples of the consonants are:

/pa3/ ‘a handle'
/tol/ 'many'; /pet4/ 'north'
/cit5/ 'to meet'
/kai4/ 'expensive'; /luk2/ 'deer'
/pha4/ 'to fear'
/thui3/ 'thigh'
/chiu2/ 'tide'
/khei2/ 'flag'
/mun2/ 'door'
/lin6/ 'to think of'
/lung2/ 'farmer'
/fen1/ 'a division'
/sau1/ 'to repair'
/hui1/ 'to open'
/lui5/ 'long time'

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THE DIALECTS OF HONG KONG BOAT PEOPLE 53 The fact that these four traditional categories have names which often bear no relationship to the actual tone contours in a modern dialect should in no way detract from their great usefulness as standard labels. The desire to put descriptive names on each group for each dialect may have some pedagogical justification but results in unnecessary profusion of terminology when used in cross-dialect study. The consonants of KS are: Labials Dentals Palatals Velars Unaspirated stopsAspirated stops pph tth cch kkh Nasalsmnngs Spirantsfsh Laterall The phonetic values for these consonants in all linguistic environments are similar to those of SC with the exception of /k/ before /u/ where the pronunciation is that of a well-rounded laryngeal stop [q"], and /-at/ which is commonly [-a'] in rapid speech. Examples of the consonants are: /pa3/ ‘a handle' /tol/ 'many'; /pet4/ 'north' /cit5/ 'to meet' /kai4/ 'expensive'; /luk2/ 'deer' /pha4/ 'to fear' /thui3/ 'thigh' /chiu2/ 'tide' /khei2/ 'flag' /mun2/ 'door' /lin6/ 'to think of' /lung2/ 'farmer' /fen1/ 'a division' /sau1/ 'to repair' /hui1/ 'to open' /lui5/ 'long time' Page 60 Page 61
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THE DIALECTS OF HONG KONG BOAT PEOPLE 53 The fact that these four traditional categories have names which often bear no relationship to the actual tone contours in a modern dialect should in no way detract from their great useful- ness as standard labels. The desire to put descriptive names on each group for each dialect may have some pedagogical justifica- tion but results in unnecessary profusion of terminology when used in cross-dialect study. The consonants of KS are: Labials Dentals Palatals Velars Unaspirated stops Aspirated stops p t C k ph th ch kh Nasals m n ngs Spirants f Lateral S 1 h The phonetic values for these consonants in all linguistic environments are similar to those of SC with the exception of /k/ before /u/ where the pronunciation is that of a well-rounded laryngeal stop [q"], and /-at/ which is commonly [-a'] in rapid speech. Examples of the consonants are: /pa3/ ‘a handle' /tol/ *many'; /pet4/ 'north' /cit5/ *to meet* /kai4/ 'expensive'; /luk2/ 'deer' /pha4/ to fear' /p/ /t/ /c/ /k/ /ph/ /th/ /thui3/ 'thigh' /ch/ /chiu2/ 'tide' /kb/ /khei2/ 'flag' /m/ /mun2/ door" /n/ /ng/ /f/ /s/ /h/ /1/ /lin6 to think of' /lung2/ *farmer' /fent/ a division' /saul/ 'to repair' /huil/ to open' /lui5/ 'long time' Page 60Page 61
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THE DIALECTS OF HONG KONG BOAT PEOPLE

53

The fact that these four traditional categories have names which often bear no relationship to the actual tone contours in a modern dialect should in no way detract from their great useful- ness as standard labels. The desire to put descriptive names on each group for each dialect may have some pedagogical justifica- tion but results in unnecessary profusion of terminology when used in cross-dialect study.

The consonants of KS are:

Labials

Dentals

Palatals

Velars

Unaspirated stops Aspirated stops

p

t

C

k

ph

th

ch

kh

Nasals

m

n

ngs

Spirants

f

Lateral

S

1

h

The phonetic values for these consonants in all linguistic environments are similar to those of SC with the exception of /k/ before /u/ where the pronunciation is that of a well-rounded laryngeal stop [q"], and /-at/ which is commonly [-a'] in rapid speech.

Examples of the consonants are:

/pa3/ ‘a handle'

/tol/ *many'; /pet4/ 'north' /cit5/ *to meet*

/kai4/ 'expensive'; /luk2/ 'deer'

/pha4/ to fear'

/p/

/t/

/c/

/k/

/ph/

/th/

/thui3/ 'thigh'

/ch/

/chiu2/ 'tide'

/kb/

/khei2/ 'flag'

/m/

/mun2/ door"

/n/

/ng/

/f/

/s/

/h/

/1/

/lin6 to think of' /lung2/ *farmer' /fent/ a division'

/saul/ 'to repair'

/huil/ to open'

/lui5/ 'long time'

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