Chaoshan dialect

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The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.

All labels observed (8)

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

Teo-Swa
Teochew
closelyRelatedTo Hokkien
Quanzhou dialect
Zhangzhou dialect
hasGlottocode teoc1235
hasISOCode nan (macrolanguage code for Min Nan Chinese)
hasPhonologicalFeature complex tone sandhi
contrastive nasal finals
distinction between checked and unchecked tones
preservation of final stops -p -t -k
rich tone system
voiceless sonorants in some varieties
hasRomanization POJ-based Teochew romanization
Peng'im
historicalOrigin descended from ancient Min Chinese
influencedBy Cantonese
Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language

Mandarin Chinese
Middle Chinese
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith Swatow dialect
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
regionType coastal dialect of Southern Min
spokenIn Cambodia
Chaoshan region
Chaozhou
Guangdong Province
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Indonesia
Jieyang
Macau
Malaysia
Myanmar
People's Republic of China
linked to: China

Philippines
Shantou
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam

eastern Guangdong Province
overseas Chinese communities
subgroupOf Min Chinese
Southern Min
usedBy Chaoshan people
usedFor business communication in Chaoshan region
clan and ancestral rituals
daily communication
religious practices
usedIn folk songs
radio broadcasting
television dramas
traditional opera
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet romanization

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

Teochew hasAlternativeName Chaoshan dialect
Chiuchow alternativeName Chaozhou dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chiuchow closelyRelatedTo Shantou dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chiuchow closelyRelatedTo Swatow dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
nan appliesTo Chaoshan Chinese
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chaoshan culture language Chaoshan dialect
Quanzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Choan-chiu dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Zhangzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Changchew dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chaoshan dialect alternativeName Chaozhou dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chaoshan Min hasVariety Swatow dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chaoshan Min hasVariety Chaozhou dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect
Chaoshan Min hasVariety Jieyang dialect
linked to: Chaoshan dialect