Initials Except for most of the consonants that are the same as in Standard Cantonese, there are also several other consonants in Fangcheng Yue Dialect. The extended Jyutping(Jyut++) will be used to transcribe the
phonemes as follows.
Rimes Fangcheng Yue has six vowels, , , , , , and . And two diphthongs only exist before -ŋ and -k, each pair of sounds of theirs has almost equal weight respectively, which do not lend themselves to analysis as ending analyzed to ending as -j or -w phonemely. • • Some speakers pronounce as , just like the younger speakers of neighboring
Qinzhou Dialect.
Finals Moreover, Fangcheng Yue finals exhibit the final consonants found in
Middle Chinese, namely . Which are romanized as m, n, ng, p, t, and k respectively.
Tone Fangcheng Yue dialect has 6 or 7 tones. == References ==