How to say Kaifeng dialect?

The main features of Kaifeng dialect are obvious consonants and wide use of e-sounds.

Kaifeng dialect is a kind of Ryan dialect, which belongs to Yudong dialect and a branch of Mandarin Chinese. The spoken language in Kaifeng area is different from Mandarin commonly used by immigrants, and Kaifeng dialect is mainly used among aborigines.

Zhengzhou dialect formed in the 20th century is similar to it, but it also has its own uniqueness. Kaifeng dialect is straightforward and easy to understand, with a large number of dialect words and humor. There are significant differences between the old and new schools in Kaifeng dialect.

Compared with Zhengzhou dialect, the phenomenon of Hua Er in Kaifeng dialect is more prominent. Some people compare Zhengzhou dialect to "Henan-flavored Putonghua" and Kaifeng dialect to "Henan-flavored Beijing dialect", mainly because it uses a lot of Hua Er. Moreover, tongue curl is often accompanied by the function of shortening words and sentences, such as reading "rope" directly as "snake" and "chopsticks" as /kuiao/. The word "zi" is omitted.

Another major feature of Kaifeng dialect is the extensive use of e-sounds. Most? All sounds are pronounced as e. For example, "car"/t? :? /pronunciation /t? : e/. Hot /r? /Pronunciation /re/, "snake"/θ? :/pronounced as /θe/ etc.

This feature has become one of the bases to distinguish Kaifeng people from Zhengzhou people. E-sound is rarely used in other Henan dialects, but it is similar in other areas of China Putonghua, such as Chongqing dialect, where E-sound is widely used.