There are five layers of"zhi"(支)rhyme and four layers of"zhi"(脂)rhyme and three layers of"zhi"(之)rhyme in Min dialect,which correspond to the southern Fujian,eastern Fujian,northern Fujian,central Fujian and Puxian.Layer Ⅰ of"zhi"(支)rhyme has the same pronunciation as"ge"(歌)rhyme,which is relic of the Old Chinese.Layer Ⅱ merges into the"hui"(灰)rhymes.Layer Ⅲ is related to the characteristics of Kam-Tai lan-guages.Layer Ⅳ is vowel[i]and it's variants,which are cracked into[ie]instead of a reflection of the"Qieyue"(切韵)system.The Layer Ⅴ is the literal reading layer.It argues that the relationship of Wu-Min by using the Strata similarity degree,which of the zhi/zhi/zhi rhymes of Southern Wu and Min dialects is 64％.
Min dialectzhi/zhi/zhi(支脂之)rhymesstrata of pronunciationStrata similarity degree
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