Fuzhou dialect

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The Fuzhou dialect is a major Eastern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in and around Fuzhou in Fujian province, known for its complex phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese variety ⓘ
Eastern Min dialect ⓘ
Sinitic language variety ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
affectedBy Mandarin promotion policies ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Foochow dialect ⓘ
Foochowese ⓘ
Fuzhouhua ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect

Fuzhounese ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect

福州話 ⓘ
hasCulturalUse folk songs ⓘ
local opera ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
hasDialect Changle variety ⓘ
Gutian variety ⓘ
Lianjiang variety ⓘ
Matsu variety ⓘ
Yongtai variety ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable in urban areas ⓘ
hasFeature distinct vocabulary from Mandarin ⓘ
extensive sandhi domains ⓘ
literary and colloquial reading distinctions ⓘ
syllable reduction in connected speech ⓘ
hasGlottocode fooc1234 ⓘ
hasHistoricalAncestor Middle Chinese ⓘ
Old Chinese ⓘ
Proto-Min ⓘ
hasISOCode cdo ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch Sinitic ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
hasLanguageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
hasLanguageGroup Min ⓘ
hasLanguageSubgroup Eastern Min ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 79-AAA-bf ⓘ
hasMutualIntelligibility limited with other Min varieties ⓘ
low with Mandarin ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones ⓘ
complex rime structure ⓘ
complex tone sandhi ⓘ
entering tones ⓘ
initial consonant alternation ⓘ
rich vowel inventory ⓘ
tone neutralization in connected speech ⓘ
voiceless sonorants ⓘ
hasRomanization Bàng-uâ-cê ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī-derived systems ⓘ
Romanized Foochow ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Fuzhou urban speech ⓘ
hasToneCategory departing tone ⓘ
entering tone ⓘ
light tone ⓘ
rising tone ⓘ
yang level tone ⓘ
yin level tone ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Bàng-uâ-cê ⓘ
Chinese characters ⓘ
Romanized Foochow ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf none ⓘ
spokenIn Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Changle District ⓘ
Changle immigrant communities ⓘ
Fujian province ⓘ
linked to: Fujian

Fuzhou ⓘ
Gutian County ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Lianjiang County ⓘ
Luoyuan County ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Matsu Islands ⓘ
Minhou County ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Ningde region ⓘ
linked to: Ningde

People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Philippines ⓘ
Pingtan County ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Yongtai County ⓘ
subgroupOf Chinese languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language

Eastern Min ⓘ
Min Chinese ⓘ
Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
usedAs regional lingua franca in Fuzhou area ⓘ
usedBy Fuzhou people ⓘ
Hokchew diaspora ⓘ
usedInEducation limited informal use ⓘ
usedInMedia local radio programs ⓘ
local television programs ⓘ
usedInReligion Christian church services in diaspora communities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Min Chinese → hasMajorVariety → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Fuzhou Plain → languageRegion → Eastern Min Chinese (Fuzhou dialect) ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhou dialect → hasAlternativeName → Fuzhounese ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhou dialect → hasAlternativeName → Fuzhouhua ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Min Bei → sharesAncestryWith → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Pu-Xian Min → isNotFullyMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Eastern Min (Fuzhou dialect) ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Cangshan District → languageUsed → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Luoyuan County → languageUsed → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Eastern Min → hasMajorVariety → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Eastern Min → hasMajorVariety → Fuzhounese ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min → hasDialect → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Eastern Min → hasDialect → Ningde dialect ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min → hasDialect → Lianjiang dialect ⓘ
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Taijiang District → hasLanguage → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Mawei District → languageUsed → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Changle District → languageUsed → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Min → hasMajorVariety → Fuzhou dialect ⓘ