Author(s)

Luxin Zhou, Yonghong Li

Corresponding Author

Yonghong Li

ABSTRACT

The Suzhou dialect belongs to the Lanyin Mandarin’s Hexi corridor part. There have been few studies on the Suzhou dialect of Jiuquan. Based on the previous research of Suzhou dialect, this paper uses the experimental phonetic method to study the monosyllabic of Suzhou dialect. It is concluded that there are three monosyllabic tones in Suzhou dialect: Yinping 33, Yangping and Shangsheng merged into Yangping Shang 51, Qusheng 213.

KEYWORDS

Suzhou dialect, Monosyllabic Tones, pitch, T value