In the life of Henan people, people can come into contact with the familiar Henan dialect every day. Ma Weidou, a collector, revealed in a program how the Mandarin of the Song Dynasty was pronounced, which surprised most viewers. In the program, he recited a song "Shui Diao Tou" by Su Shi. When is the bright moon? It sounds full of Guangdong flavor.
first, the song dynasty? Mandarin? Why does Cantonese sound like
to ordinary people, Song Dynasty? Mandarin? It is similar to Cantonese, but the difference is quite big. The tone system of the two dialects is different. There were eight tones in the Song Dynasty, but now there are nine tones in Cantonese, and the vowel pronunciation in the Song Dynasty is more complicated. When Guang Yun was rebuilt in Song Dynasty, there were 36 initial consonants, and the voiced sound was also distinguished. With the evolution of accent, Cantonese is now unclear. The difference between the two is actually quite big.
Second, what is the Henan dialect with a long history
According to historical records, Henan dialect belongs to the Central Plains Mandarin, which can be roughly divided into three categories. One category is the Central Plains Mandarin, which is what people are used to saying in a narrow sense; Secondly, the Jin language in Taihang Mountain area in northern Henan; There is also a small part of Jianghuai dialect in southern Henan. It is worth noting that although these three dialects belong to Henan dialect, they can't communicate smoothly. Jianghuai dialect, in particular, belongs to the transition zone from Henan dialect to Southwest Mandarin in a sense. In a general sense, Henan dialect refers to the first kind of Central Plains Mandarin, which was mainly formed by Heluo dialect and Tokyo dialect in the Song Dynasty. It is a phonological system represented by the medieval sound Guang Yun. Today's southern accents, such as Cantonese, retain more elements of the Middle Ages. < P > Third,? Mandarin? How did it evolve?
The official languages of each generation in China have different names, such as elegant speech, correct pronunciation, mandarin, and mandarin, which are different in different historical periods in China. Mandarin? Definition of. The greatest role of rulers in regulating pronunciation in history was to facilitate communication, although the Qin Dynasty advocated it? Is the book on the same track as the car? They are connected in words, but they are not completely standardized in pronunciation, and they cannot be standardized by administrative means. They can only be adjusted slowly by long-term national integration and population migration.
people in the past dynasties mainly used the city dialect with the rulers as their capital, and sometimes they also took into account the basis of using this accent. For example, Mandarin, which people are proficient in now, actually appeared in the late Qing Dynasty? Mandarin? In 199, the Qing government stipulated that Beijing dialect should be? Mandarin? During the Republic of China, the pronunciation of Mandarin was formulated many times according to the social conditions at that time. After the founding of New China, the national common language was stipulated as Mandarin in 1955.