Hui'an dialect
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The Hui'an dialect, is a dialect
mostly spoken in Hui'an in Fujian Province, China
. It is a sub-dialect of Min Nan Chinese, and a sub-dialect of Zhenan Min
.
Dialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
mostly spoken in Hui'an in Fujian Province, China
China
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. It is a sub-dialect of Min Nan Chinese, and a sub-dialect of Zhenan Min
Zhenan Min
Zhenan Min , is a variety of Min Nan Chinese spoken in the Wenzhou region of the southern Chinese province of Zhejiang. The Zhenan Min people had settled in areas such as Cangnan County, Pingyang County, Yuhuan County and Dongtou County from Fujian Province as early as the Tang dynasty period and...
.
See also
- List of Chinese dialects