Jiujiang dialect
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Jiujiang dialect is a variety of Cantonese
. It is spoken with a low pitch accent. Juijiang speakers say "ngai" as a pronoun for the word, "我" instead of saying "ngo" in Standard Cantonese. As well, they say "hao" for the word, "好" but Guangzhou speakers say "ho". A few words differ from the Standard Cantonese. But generally, other Cantonese speakers can understand Jiujiang dialect without difficulty.
Yuehai dialects
Yuehai is the main branch of Yue Chinese, spoken in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is commonly called Cantonese, though that name is more precisely applied to the Guangfu dialect of Yuehai.-Dialects:...
. It is spoken with a low pitch accent. Juijiang speakers say "ngai" as a pronoun for the word, "我" instead of saying "ngo" in Standard Cantonese. As well, they say "hao" for the word, "好" but Guangzhou speakers say "ho". A few words differ from the Standard Cantonese. But generally, other Cantonese speakers can understand Jiujiang dialect without difficulty.
English | Juijiang Dialect | Guangzhou Dialect |
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I | ngai | ngo (我) |
good | hao | ho (好) |
at | daa | hai (喺) |