<p><strong><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E5%85%B0%E9%93%B6%E5%AE%98%E8%AF%9D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lanyin Mandarin</a></strong></p>
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<h3>特征</h3>
<p>兰银官话古入声清音声母和次浊声母字今读去声，全浊声母今读阳平。其中永登、皋兰、古浪、天祝四个地点平声不分阴阳，只有平声、上声、去声三个调；其余地点阳平与上声同调，只有阴平、上声、去声三个调。</p>
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<p><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8C%E9%B2%81%E6%9C%A8%E9%BD%90%E8%AF%9D" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Ürümqi Mandarin</strong></a> (Included in the above Lanyin topolect)</p>
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<p>乌鲁木齐话有3个单字调：<br />
阴平 ˦˦ 44<br />
阳平 ˥˩ 51<br />
去声 ˨˩˧ 213</p>
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<p>The following might not strictly be Mandarin, but are interesting nonetheless.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://gb.oversea.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detailall.aspx?filename=1018228259.nh&amp;dbcode=CMFD&amp;dbname=CMFD2019" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tianshui Topolect</a></strong> (Gansu)</p>
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<p>There are only 3 citation tones in Tianshui dialect.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cssn.cn/gd/gd_rwxb/gd_ktsb_1681/hzxbdqhyfydt/202006/t20200630_5149544.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Xunhua Topolect</strong></a> (Qinghai):</p>
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<p>循化话有3个单字调，湟中话有2个单字调。</p>
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<p>(The Huangzhong topolect only has two tones.)</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.cssn.cn/gd/gd_rwxb/gd_ktsb_1681/hzxbdqhyfydt/202006/t20200630_5149545.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nanjiang Topolect</a></strong></p>
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<p>兰银官话北疆片、中原官话南疆片基本上都是3个单字调，但调类不同。</p>
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<p>有只有三个声调的官话方言吗？东干语有四个音素的声调，但是在没有变调的上下文只有三个不同的声调, 例如在短语的末尾。有没有在每个上下文都用三个声调的方言？</p>
<p>Are there any Mandarin dialects with three tones? Standard Dungan has four phonemic tones, but only has three in contexts where tone sandhi doesn't apply, such as phrase-finally. Are there any with three tones in all contexts?</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Excerpt from Wikipedia article on Dungan</a></p>
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<p>There are two main dialects, one with 4 tones and the other, considered standard, with 3 tones in the final position in phonetic words and 4 tones in the nonfinal position.</p>
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I dont believe its claiming that there's only 3 tones, it states that the final position only has 3 tones. It also says that the non final position has 4 tones. Whether those tonws overlap isn't stated but at the very least there are 4 tones. Regardless, it is a Dungan dialect and is written using Cyrillic letters instead of Chinese characters. Though technically a sinitic language, I doubt anyone on this website would be able to help you much with that
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I did not mean to imply that Standard Dungan has three phonemic tones. I meant that it has four tones and therefore is not an example of a Mandarin dialect with three tones, despite only having three distinct tones phrase-finally. I mentioned Dungan specifically because I wanted to exclude it as an example.
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Are there any Mandarin dialects with three tones?
# Are there any Mandarin dialects with three tones?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-06)

有只有三个声调的官话方言吗？东干语有四个音素的声调，但是在没有变调的上下文只有三个不同的声调, 例如在短语的末尾。有没有在每个上下文都用三个声调的方言？

Are there any Mandarin dialects with three tones? Standard Dungan has four phonemic tones, but only has three in contexts where tone sandhi doesn't apply, such as phrase-finally. Are there any with three tones in all contexts?

[Excerpt from Wikipedia article on Dungan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungan)

> There are two main dialects, one with 4 tones and the other, considered standard, with 3 tones in the final position in phonetic words and 4 tones in the nonfinal position.

**Tags:** mandarin, topolect

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I dont believe its claiming that there's only 3 tones, it states that the final position only has 3 tones. It also says that the non final position has 4 tones. Whether those tonws overlap isn't stated but at the very least there are 4 tones. Regardless, it is a Dungan dialect and is written using Cyrillic letters instead of Chinese characters. Though technically a sinitic language, I doubt anyone on this website would be able to help you much with that  
> **username_0**: I did not mean to imply that Standard Dungan has three phonemic tones. I meant that it has four tones and therefore is not an example of a Mandarin dialect with three tones, despite only having three distinct tones phrase-finally. I mentioned Dungan specifically because I wanted to exclude it as an example.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-06. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

**[Lanyin Mandarin](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E5%85%B0%E9%93%B6%E5%AE%98%E8%AF%9D)**

> ### 特征
>
> 兰银官话古入声清音声母和次浊声母字今读去声，全浊声母今读阳平。其中永登、皋兰、古浪、天祝四个地点平声不分阴阳，只有平声、上声、去声三个调；其余地点阳平与上声同调，只有阴平、上声、去声三个调。

[**Ürümqi Mandarin**](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8C%E9%B2%81%E6%9C%A8%E9%BD%90%E8%AF%9D) (Included in the above Lanyin topolect)

> 乌鲁木齐话有3个单字调：  
> 阴平 ˦˦ 44  
> 阳平 ˥˩ 51  
> 去声 ˨˩˧ 213

The following might not strictly be Mandarin, but are interesting nonetheless.

**[Tianshui Topolect](http://gb.oversea.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detailall.aspx?filename=1018228259.nh&dbcode=CMFD&dbname=CMFD2019)** (Gansu)

> There are only 3 citation tones in Tianshui dialect.

[**Xunhua Topolect**](http://www.cssn.cn/gd/gd_rwxb/gd_ktsb_1681/hzxbdqhyfydt/202006/t20200630_5149544.shtml) (Qinghai):

> 循化话有3个单字调，湟中话有2个单字调。

(The Huangzhong topolect only has two tones.)

**[Nanjiang Topolect](http://www.cssn.cn/gd/gd_rwxb/gd_ktsb_1681/hzxbdqhyfydt/202006/t20200630_5149545.shtml)**

> 兰银官话北疆片、中原官话南疆片基本上都是3个单字调，但调类不同。


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