Late Apicalization in Nankingese
南京方言的一种晚起舌尖后元音
W. South Coblin 柯蔚南

Abstract 摘要
The Nanking dialect has two apical vowels [ɿ] and [ʅ]. The present paper traces the history of these vowels from Míng and Qīng times to the present. It is concluded that the vowel [ɿ ] has existed in Nankingese since at least Míng times, while [ʅ] develop from earlier [i] in the nineteenth century.

现代南京方言有两个舌尖元音，［ɿ］和［ʅ］。本文探讨此二元音从明代初年到本世纪的历史演变。结论是：舌尖前元音［ɿ ］是南京话固有而传下来的。舌尖后元音［ʅ］是十九世纪才由原来的［ i ］变出来的。此演变可能是因南京话受北方官话影响致成。

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