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Teochew Min

Teochew
Chaoshan
潮州話/潮汕話
Native to China, overseas Chinese communities
Region eastern Guangdong (Chaoshan), southern Fujian (Zhao'an)
Ethnicity Han Chinese (Teochew people)
Native speakers
 About 10 million in Chaoshan, 2–5 million overseas. (date missing)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog teoc1236  Teochew
chao1238  Chaozhouchao1239  Chaoshan
Linguasphere 79-AAA-ji
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     Teo-Swa
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Teochew dialect
Traditional Chinese 潮州話
Simplified Chinese 潮州话
Chaoshan dialect
Traditional Chinese 潮汕話
Simplified Chinese 潮汕话

Teochew (Chinese: 潮州話 or 潮汕話; pinyin: Cháozhōuhuà or Cháoshànhuà, Chaozhou dialect: Diê⁵ziu¹ uê⁷; Shantou dialect: Dio⁵ziu¹ uê⁷) is a variety of Southern Min spoken mainly by the Teochew people in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by their diaspora around the world. It is sometimes referred to as Chiuchow, its Cantonese name, due to the strong influence of that language over the traditionally Teochew-speaking areas. It is closely related to Minnan Proper (Hokkien-Taiwanese), though limited mutual intelligibility exists in terms of pronounciation and vocabulary.

Teochew preserves many Old Chinese pronunciations and vocabulary that have been lost in some of the other modern varieties of Chinese. As such, many linguists consider Teochew one of the most conservative Chinese dialects.

Teochew is a member of the Southern Min subgroup, which in turn constitutes a part of Min Chinese, one of the seven major language groups of Chinese. As with other varieties of Chinese, it is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese and other Chinese varieties. However, it has limited intelligibility with the Quanzhang dialects (Minnan Proper) under the Southern Min language, such as those of Amoy, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese. Even within the Teochew dialects, there is substantial variation in phonology between different regions of Chaoshan and between different Teochew communities overseas.


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