Gutian dialect
The Gutian dialect (Eastern Min: 古田話) is a dialect of Eastern Min spoken in Gutian, Ningde in northeastern Fujian province, China. Phonology. The Gutian dialect has 15 initials, 52 rimes and 7 tones. Initial assimilation. The two-syllable initial assimilation rules are shown in the table below: Tone sandhi. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while the columns give the citation tone of the second syllable):