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] is the abbreviation used for Fujian. There is a wide distinction between the Min dialects themselves. That being so, we present three types here, representing the north eastern Min, from the city of Fuzhou [ 
], eastern Min by the dialect of Xiamen ( 
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Mike Wright's Hokkinese Page at http://www.CoastalFog.net/languages/xiarom.html provides a quick reference to the missionary romanisations used in the past, to make up for the lack of that representation here.
Another romanisation was published in 1960 for the ChaoZhou-ShanTou dialect (in Big5).
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Compare with a table of vowels.
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The tone sandhi which occurs in both of these Min language dialects is rather complex. Not only does the tone change according to the tone of the surrounding syllables, but it also depends on the ending of the preceeding and initial of the proceeding syllable too. In Fuzhou, not only is there tone sandhi, there exists consonantal sandhi where the intial also changes. Due to this complexity, it is not discussed here any further.
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References : Consonants : Vowels : Index : Homepage
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and was recently updated on
Thursday 25th April 2002.
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