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Niuta Dialect
沑涾话
[ȵʏ22 tʰa55 ɦu31]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 30 January 2017
Language type Mixed
Species Human/humanoid
About Niuta Dialect Wu (Taihu) dialect with a large stratum of words apparently not from any known language family, although several words are reminiscent of Sinitic or Tai-Kadai. Spoken northeast of the Zhoushan Archipelago in Zhejiang Province, on the Niuta Islands. Fluent speakers generally over 60; younger generations can understand but not speak. Published wordlist.

Meta: probably a lot of substratum words are from Ngerupic or Vuuyin Zayxa.
Sample of Niuta Dialect[view] 哋会啡𠸄㕰种闲语?

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[view] About ChineseThe Sinitic languages,[2] often synonymous with the Chinese languages, are a language family frequently postulated as one of two primary branches of Sino-Tibetan.[3][4] The Bai languages may be Sinitic (classification is difficult);[5] otherwise Sini...
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
Nasal m   n ȵ     ŋ  
Plosive p b   t d       k g ʔ
Fricative   f s z ɕ ʑ       h ɦ
Affricate       t͡ɕ d͡ʑ        
Lateral approximant     l          
Approximant   ʋ     j w    
VowelsFrontNear-
front
Near-
back
Back
Close i     u
Near-close   ɪ ʏ ʊ  
Close-mid e ø     ɤ o
Open-mid ɛ     ʌ ɔ
Open a     ɑ
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