Tingzhou dialect explained

Tingzhou dialect
Region:western Fujian
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Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Chinese
Fam4:Hakka–Gan?
Fam5:Hakka–She?
Fam6:Hakka
Isoexception:dialect
Iso6:tigz
Glotto:ting1250
Glottorefname:Tingzhou
Dia1:Changting
Script:Chinese characters
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The Tingzhou dialect is a group of Hakka dialects spoken in Longyan and Sanming (historically Tingzhou), southwestern Fujian. Tingzhou includes the Hakka dialects spoken in the counties originally under the jurisdiction of Tingzhou: Changting (Tingzhou), Ninghua, Qingliu, Liancheng, Wuping, Shanghang, Yongding and Mingxi. The Changting dialect is generally regarded as the representative dialect of this branch of Hakka.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kèjiāhuà tōngyòng cídiǎn . 2004 . Zhongshan daxue chubanshe . Luo . Meizhen 罗美珍 . Guangzhou . zh . zh:客家话通用词典 . Lin . Lifang 林立芳 . Rao . Changrong 饶长溶.