Phonology
Zhang & Zhuang (2003:21-4) records the phonological systems of three varieties of the Weitou dialect spoken in Hong Kong. Following is the one of Fan Tin (蕃田), San Tin (in IPA).
| p | pʰ | b | f | w |
| t | tʰ | d | l | |
| tʃ | tʃʰ | ʃ | j | |
| k | kʰ | ɡ | h | |
| kʷ | kʷʰ | ɡʷ |
| a | œ | ɔ | ɛ | i | u | y | |
| ai | ɐi | ɵy | |||||
| au | ɐu | eu | |||||
| am | ɐm | em | |||||
| æŋ | ɐŋ | œŋ | ɛŋ | yœŋ | |||
| ɵŋ | oŋ | eŋ | |||||
| ap | ɐp | ep | |||||
| æk | ɐk | œk | ɛk | yœk | |||
| m | ŋ | ɵk | ok | ek |
There are four tone contours, when the "entering tones" (stopped syllables) are ignored:
| tone name | contour | description |
| Yin Ping | ˨˧ (23) or ˥ (55) | low rising or high |
| Yang Ping | ˨˩ (21) | low |
| Shang | ˧˥ (35) | high rising |
| Qu | ˧ (33) | mid |
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