Hokkien has one of the most diverse phoneme inventories among Chinese varieties, with more consonants than Standard Mandarin or Cantonese. Vowels are more-or-less similar to that of Standard Mandarin. Hokkien varieties retain many pronunciations that are no longer found in other Chinese varieties. These include the retention of the /t/ initial, which is now /tʂ/ (Pinyin 'zh') in Mandarin (e.g. 'bamboo' 竹 is tik, but zhú in Mandarin), having disappeared before the 6th century in other Chinese varieties.
Hokkien has one of the most diverse phoneme inventories among Chinese varieties , with more consonants than Standard Mandarin or Cantonese . Vowels are more - or - less similar to that of Standard Mandarin . Hokkien varieties retain many pronunciations that are no longer found in other Chinese varieties . These include the retention of the /t/ initial , which is now /tʂ/ ( Pinyin ' zh ' ) in Mandarin ( e.g. ' bamboo ' 竹 is tik , but zhú in Mandarin ) , having disappeared before the 6th century in other Chinese varieties .
What Chinese dialect has more consonants than standard Mandarin or Cantonese?
What Chinese dialect has more consonants than standard Mandarin or Cantonese ?
Hokkien
Hokkien