An Experimental Study on the Single-tone of Ningxian Dialect

Abstract

In this paper, the experimental phonetics method is used to study the monosyllable of Ningxian dialect, we normalized and analyzed its frequency and knowing the evolution of the dialect. There four tones in Ningxian dialect: Yinping (51), Yangping (25), Shang (44), Qu (22). Although Shang and Qu are both flat tones, they are quite different and cannot be combined into a tone. This paper makes an objective description of the specific situation of Ningxian dialect, the purpose is to provide some reference for the future research of Ningxian dialect.