Shaanxi dialect is a complex one composed of three dialects: the dialect of north Shaanxi which belongs to the Jin dialect, the dialect of south Shaanxi which belongs to the Xi’nan dialect, and the dialect of Guanzhong which belongs to the Zhongyuan dialect. Based on a field investigation of the three representative places of the sub-dialects of Shaanxi province (Xi’an, Hanzhong, and Yan’an), this articles makes a detailed analysis of the characteristics of the sound, rhyme and tone of the aforementioned three representative dialects and their metrical similarities and differences, compares their systems of sound and rhyme with those of the Old and Middle Ages, and thereby, explores the characteristics of the system of sound and rhyme of Shaanxi dialect.
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