The Zhangzhou dialects (simplified Chinese: 漳州话; traditional Chinese: 漳州話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiang-chiu-ōa), also rendered Changchew,[4] Chiangchew or Changchow,[5] are a collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou.
The Zhangzhou dialects are classified as Hokkien, a group of Southern Min varieties.
[9] This section is mostly based on the variety spoken in the urban area of Zhangzhou.
[10] The rimes /iŋ/ and /ik/ are usually realized with a short [ə] between the vowel [i] and the velar consonant.
The two-syllable tone sandhi rules are shown in the table below:[22] 詩/si˦[si˨經kiŋ˦/kiŋ˦](诗经) 詩 經/si˦ kiŋ˦/[si˨ kiŋ˦]南/lam˩˧[lam˨京kiã˦/kiã˦]南 京/lam˩˧ kiã˦/[lam˨ kiã˦]紙/tsua˥˧[tsua˦箱siɔ̃˦/siɔ̃˦](纸箱) 紙 箱/tsua˥˧ siɔ̃˦/[tsua˦ siɔ̃˦]世/si˨˩[si˥˧間kan˦/kan˦](世间) 世 間/si˨˩ kan˦/[si˥˧ kan˦]是/si˨[si˨˩非hui˦/hui˦]是 非/si˨ hui˦/[si˨˩ hui˦]鐵/tʰiʔ˧˨[tʰi˥˧釘tiŋ˦/tiŋ˦](铁钉) 鐵 釘/tʰiʔ˧˨ tiŋ˦/[tʰi˥˧ tiŋ˦]接/tsiap˧˨[tsiap˥收siu˦/siu˦]接 收/tsiap˧˨ siu˦/[tsiap˥ siu˦]石/tsioʔ˩˨˩[tsio˨˩山suã˦/suã˦]石 山/tsioʔ˩˨˩ suã˦/[tsio˨˩ suã˦]立/lip˩˨˩[lip˨˩春tsʰun˦/tsʰun˦]立 春/lip˩˨˩ tsʰun˦/[lip˨˩ tsʰun˦]