The Leshan dialect (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Lèshānhuà; Sichuanese Standard Chinese: No2san1hua4; local pronunciation: [nʊʔ355xuɑ224]) is the Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan and is a variety of Minjiang. It preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.

Leshan
乐山话
Native toChina
RegionShizhong District, Leshan Wutongqiao District Shawan District Qianwei County Muchuan County
Native speakers
(undated figure of 770,000[citation needed])
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6mjic
GlottologNone

Phonology

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There are a total of 20 initials in the Leshan dialect.[1]

Bilabial Labiodental Coronal Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Velar
Plosive plain /p/
/t/
/k/
aspirated //
//
//
Affricate plain /ts/
//
aspirated /tsʰ/
/tɕʰ/
Nasal /m/
/n/
/ŋ/
Fricative voiceless /f/
/s/
/ɕ/
/x/
voiced /v/
/z/
Zero

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Lai, Xiangang 赖先刚 (2000). Lèshān fāngyán 乐山方言 (in Chinese). Chengdu: Bashu shushe. ISBN 7-80523-668-2.