Teochew language
| Teochew | |
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| 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) |
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Native speakers
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About 10 million in Chaoshan, 2–5 million overseas. (date missing) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog |
teoc1236chao1238chao1241chao1239
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| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ji |
Teo-Swa
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| Traditional Chinese | 潮州話 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 潮州话 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 潮汕話 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 潮汕话 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cháozhōu huà |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | zau tseu ghae ho |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Tshèu-chû-fa |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Ciu4 zau1 waa2 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tiê-chiu-uē |
| Teochew Peng'im | Diê⁵ziu¹ uê⁷/Dio⁵ziu¹ uê⁷ |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Dièu-ciŭ-uâ |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cháoshàn huà |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | zau sae ghae ho |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Tshèu-sân-fa |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tiô-sòaⁿ-uē |
| Teochew Peng'im | Diê⁵suan³ uê⁷/Dio⁵suan³ uê⁷ |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Dièu-sáng-uâ |
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 respective 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.
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 the other dialect groups, but is mutually intelligible with some other Southern Min languages and dialects, such as those of Amoy, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. Even within the Teochew dialects, there is substantial variation in phonology between different regions of Chaoshan and between different Teochew communities overseas.
The Chaoshan dialects in China be roughly divided into three sub-groups defined by physically proximate areas:
The Chaoshan region, which includes the twin cities of Chaozhou and Shantou, is where the standard variant of Teochew (Chaoshan dialact) is spoken. Parts of the Hakka-speaking regions of Jiexi County, Dabu County and Fengshun, also contain pocket communities of Teochew speakers.
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