Old Guangde dialect
Appearance
	
	
| Old Guangde dialect | |
|---|---|
| 老廣德話 | |
| Native to | People's Republic of China | 
| Region | Guangde county in Anhui province | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – | 
wuu-tai | |
| Glottolog | None | 
The Old Guangde dialect is a Northern Wu dialect spoken in southeastern Anhui province in southeastern Guangde county, China. It is now losing ground to the New Guangde dialect, a Jianghuai Mandarin dialect. It is closely related to Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect, but its closest relative is the Huzhou dialect. It is a Northern Wu dialect exclave surrounded by speakers of Jianghuai Mandarin and Xuanzhou Wu.
Phonology
[edit]Initials
[edit]| p | 布別 | pʰ | 怕泡 | b | 步盤 | m | 門妹 | f | 飛夫 | v | 符飯 | 
| t | 到黨 | tʰ | 太討 | d | 同地 | l | 難路 | ||||
| k | 高貴 | kʰ | 開快 | g | 葵 | ŋ | 牙硬 | h | 灰化 | ɦ | 話紅 | 
| ʨ | 精檢主 | ʨʰ | 秋去醜 | ʥ | 旗橋 | ȵ | 女日硯 | ɕ | 修收書 | ʑ | 玄蛇 | 
| ts | 招爭祖 | tsʰ | 昌倉初 | dz | 曹蟲鋤 | s | 三生聲 | z | 上 | ||
| Ø | 耳姨午雲 | ||||||||||
Finals
[edit]| ɿ | 絲支 | i | 蛇爺天弟飛 | u | 古午 | ʮ | 雨書 | 
| ɚ | 耳兒 | ||||||
| a | 爬啞 | ia | 亞架 | ua | 瓜話 | ||
| ɛ | 袋膽 | iɛ | 香張 | uɛ | 怪關 | ||
| ie | 姐 | ||||||
| ɯ | 猴盤短岸 | iɯ | 流手 | uɯ | 官碗 | ||
| o | 河 | ||||||
| ɔ | 保桃 | iɔ | 條繞 | ||||
| ei | 被妹 | uei | 桂灰 | yei | 水船圓 | ||
| en | 根門 | in | 心認 | un | 溫魂 | yn | 雲閏 | 
| aŋ | 黨床 | iaŋ | 將揚 | uaŋ | 光黃 | ||
| oŋ | 從紅翁 | ioŋ | 窮雄 | ||||
| aʔ | 辣甲 白讀 | iaʔ | 甲腳藥 | uaʔ | 刮滑 | ||
| əʔ | 色割白北百 | iəʔ | 踢鐵熱 | yəʔ | 缺月 | ||
| oʔ | 綠合落郭 | ioʔ | 欲約確 | uoʔ | 谷國活 | ||
| m̩ | 姆 | ||||||
Tones
[edit]| Traditional description | Tone | Examples | 
|---|---|---|
| 陰平 Yin Ping | 34(33) | 高天三開 | 
| 陽平 Yang Ping | 14 | 陳盤窮田 | 
| 陰上 Yin Shang | 54(55) | 古姐麻娘 | 
| 陽上 Yang Shang | 21 | 老女近父 | 
| 去聲 Qu Sheng | 324 | 蓋放岸用 共大樹飯  | 
| 陰入 Yin Ru | 5 | 急尺藥合 | 
| 陰上 Yin Shang | 12 | 食讀服實 |