Leizhou dialect

Leizhou Min
Leizhounese
黎話 / [lɔi˩ uɛ˨˦]
Pronunciation	[lui˩ tsiu˨˦ uɛ˨˦] (Leicheng dialect)
Native to	China, Hong Kong & Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, United States (California)
Region	Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong
Native speakers	around 2.8 million in China (2004)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Coastal Min Qiong-Lei (disputed) Leizhou Min
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	leiz1236
Linguasphere	79-AAA-jj
Leizhou Min
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Leizhou Min (simplified Chinese: 雷州话; traditional Chinese: 雷州話; pinyin: Léizhōu huà) is a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Leizhou city and neighbouring areas on the Leizhou peninsula in the west of Guangdong province. In the classification of Yuan Jiahua, it was included in the Southern Min group, though it has low intelligibility with other Southern Min varieties. In the classification of Li Rong, used by the Language Atlas of China, it was treated as a separate Min subgroup. It is sometimes combined with Hainanese in a Qiong–Lei group.

Leizhou has six tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

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