Chiuchow

E209345

Chiuchow is an alternative name for Teochew, a Southern Min Chinese dialect and the culture associated with people from the Chaozhou region of eastern Guangdong, China.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chiuchow canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language variety
Southern Min dialect
regional culture
alternativeName Chaozhou dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect

Teochew
associatedWithEthnicGroup Chaozhou people
linked to: Teochew people

Teochew people
closelyRelatedTo Shantou dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect

Swatow dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
culturalCenter Chaozhou city
linked to: Chaozhou

Shantou city
linked to: Shantou
dialectOf Southern Min
hasCulturalAspect Teochew cuisine
Teochew embroidery
Teochew music
linked to: Teochew opera

Teochew opera
Teochew temples
hasRomanizationSystem Peng'im
Pe̍h-ōe-jī (adapted for Teochew)
linked to: Pe̍h-ōe-jī
ISO639_3Code nan (for Southern Min macrolanguage)
linked to: Amoy Hokkien
languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith Shantou dialect
linked to: Teochew
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
partOf Southern Min
phonologicalFeature distinctive tone sandhi
preservation of entering tones
rich vowel inventory
regionOfOrigin Chaoshan region
Chaozhou
eastern Guangdong
spokenIn Chaozhou region
linked to: Chaozhou

China
Guangdong Province
eastern Guangdong
subgroupOf Chinese language
usedByCommunity Teochew diaspora
usedInCountry Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Indonesia
Macau
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
writingSystem Chinese characters

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teochew hasAlternativeName Chiuchow
Teo-Swa hasAlternativeName Chiuchow
Chaozhou alternateName Chiuchow