Judeo-Chinese is a descendant of Middle Chinese adopted by Chinese Jews in Verse:Tumhan, written in a version of the Hebrew alphabet. Like other Chinese varieties, it is a tonal language and is unintelligible to speakers of other Chinese lects.

Phonology

Initials

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Retroflex Velar Laryngeal
broad slender broad slender slender broad
Nasal n̪ˠ ŋʲ ŋ
Stop plain t̪ˠ k ʔ
aspirated pˠʰ pʲʰ t̪ˠ k ʔ
voiced d̪ˠ ɟ g
Affricate plain t̪sˠ tsʲ
aspirated t̪sˠʰ tsʲʰ tʂʰ
voiced d̪zˠ dzʲ
Fricative voiceless ʂ x h
voiced ʐ ɣʲ ɣ
Approximant l̪ˠ ɻ j

Rimes

Tonality

Orthography

Grammar