The Matsu dialect (Eastern Min: Mā-cū-uâ / 馬祖話) is the local dialect of Matsu Islands, Taiwan. Native speakers also call it Bàng-huâ (平話), meaning the...
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Languages of Taiwan (section Matsu dialect)
languages, including Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, Formosan languages, and the Matsu dialect. The situation had slightly changed since the 2000s when the government...
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the Fuzhou language, Fuqing language, Changle dialect, Lianjiang dialect and the dialect of the Matsu Islands. Funing language group (福寧片), also called...
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Commons has media related to Fuzhou dialect. Fuzhou Dialect Textbook: Elementary school textbook in Matsu. Fuzhou dialect phonology, by James Campbell. Five...
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The Matsu Islands (UK: /ˌmætˈsuː/ or US: /ˌmɑːtˈsuː/), officially Lienchiang County (/ljɛnˈdʒjɑːŋ/), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the...
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Hokkien (redirect from Hokkien (dialect))
Hokkien dialects Dongshan dialect (東山腔; Tang-soaⁿ khioⁿ) Yunxiao dialect (雲霄腔; Ûn-sio khioⁿ) Zhangpu dialect (漳浦腔; Chiuⁿ-phó͘ khioⁿ) Zhao'an dialect (詔安腔;...
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Min Chinese (redirect from Min dialect)
Fujian. Amoy Hokkien is the prestige dialect of Hokkien in Fujian, while a majority of Taiwanese speak a dialect called Taiwanese Hokkien or simply Taiwanese...
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Hainanese (redirect from Hainan dialect)
Wenchang dialect being the prestige dialect, and often used as a reference. Below is a table for the consonants of Hainanese across the dialects of Wenchang...
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Formosan languages, Taiwanese Sign Language and the Matsu dialect of Eastern Min spoken on the Matsu Islands. The Indigenous Languages Development Act took...
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Teochew Min (redirect from Chaozhou dialect)
other dialects; the Chenghai dialect (similar to urban Chaozhou dialect) is perceived as "soft", "cute", and "high-pitched"; the Teoyeo dialect is perceived...
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basis". Not designated but meets legal definition Refers to the Tjwao dialect See Zimbabwean sign languages In the United States of America, English...
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Southern Min (redirect from Minnan dialect)
Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. Southern Min dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora...
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designated Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, and Matsu dialect as its provisional "National Languages" in 2019. In Wa State, Mandarin...
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The Putian dialect (Pu-Xian Min: Pó-chéng-uā / 莆田話; IPA: [pʰɔu˩˩ lɛŋ˩˧ ua˩˩]) is a dialect of Pu-Xian Min Chinese spoken in urban area of Putian[further...
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The Amoy dialect or Xiamen dialect (Chinese: 廈門話; pinyin: Xiàménhuà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-ōe), also known as Amoyese, Amoynese, Amoy Hokkien, Xiamenese...
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Fuzhou people (section Dialects)
province and Matsu Islands in Taiwan. Fuzhou people are a part of the Min Chinese-speaking group that speaks Eastern Min or specifically Fuzhou dialect. There...
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includes Formosan languages, Hakka, Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien and Matsu dialect. During Japanese rule (1895 to 1945), the "national language movement"...
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many of the inhabitants is Matsu dialect which is one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the Matsu Islands. Beigan/Peikan Township...
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Quanzhou dialect has an intelligibility of 87.5% with the Amoy dialect and 79.7% with the urban Zhangzhou dialect. Before the 19th century, the dialect of Quanzhou...
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Central Min (section Dialects)
(Sanyuan and Meilie districts) and Sha County. Sanming dialect Yong'an dialect Shaxian dialect Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather...
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The Swatow dialect, or in Mandarin the Shantou dialect, is a Chinese dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a dialect of Chaoshan...
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Leizhou Min (redirect from Leizhou dialect)
reduced to two in checked syllables. Taiwanese Hokkien Teochew dialect List of Chinese dialects Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than...
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Pu–Xian Min (redirect from Puxian dialect)
northern Fujian also speak Pu-Xian. There are minor differences between the dialects of Putian and Xianyou. Overseas populations of Pu-Xian speakers exist in...
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Chawan dialect (simplified Chinese: 诏安话; traditional Chinese: 詔安話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiàu-an-ōɛ) is a variety of Southern Min spoken in the Chawan (Zhao'an)...
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traditional Chinese: 蠻話; pinyin: Mánhuà; lit. 'Man speech'), is an Eastern Min dialect spoken mainly in Taishun and Cangnan Counties in Wenzhou, as well as parts...
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collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou. The Zhangzhou dialect proper is the...
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collection of dialects which have limited mutual intelligibility instead of a language. Some Chinese scholars call it Min-Gan dialects (闽赣方言), Min-Gan...
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Datian Min (redirect from Datian dialect)
Min, Northern Min and Puxian Min. Datian Min developed from Hokkien, a dialect of Southern Min. Before the year 1535, this area belonged to four counties:...
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Haklau Min (redirect from Lufeng dialect)
Haklau, also known as Hai Liok Hong Ue / Hai Lu Feng Hua / Hailufeng fulao dialect. It is a variety of Southern Min spoken in Shanwei, Guangdong province...
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Taiwanese Hokkien (category Hokkien-language dialects)
similar to Hokkien spoken in Amoy, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou, as well as dialectal forms used in Southeast Asia, such as Singaporean Hokkien, Penang Hokkien...
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