Characters with Entering Tone in Jincheng(晋城) Dialect

In Jincheng(晋城) dialect, the pronunciation of the characters with entering tone is unique: it has neither the glottal stop nor the characteristic tone type. However, the major voweb of the finals of those entering tone characters in Jincheng(晋城) dialect possess the special quality. Due to this quality, the entering tone characters in Jincheng(晋城) dialect stand as an independent category. This finding of the entering tone characters in Jincheng(晋城) dialect is significant: It adds a new independent existence category of entering tone characters as well as a new category resulted from the tone evolvement of entering tone characters. Finally, it also helps to predict the trend of entering tone characters in Jin(晋) dialect.