Danzhou dialect

Danzhou dialect
儋州話
Native to China
Region Hainan (Danzhou)
Native speakers
700,000 (2010)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Linguist list
1mk-dan
Glottolog None

Danzhou dialect (simplified Chinese: 儋州话; traditional Chinese: 儋州話; pinyin: Dānzhōu huà), locally known as Xiang hua (Chinese: 乡话; pinyin: xiāng huà; literally: "village speech"), is a Chinese variety of uncertain affiliation spoken in the area of Danzhou in northwestern Hainan, China.[2] It was classified as Yue in the Language Atlas of China,[3][4] but in more recent work is treated as an unclassified southern variety.[5]

References

  1. Ting, Pang-hsin (1980). "The Tan-Chou dialect of Hainan". Cahiers de linguistique – Asie orientale 8 (1): 5–27. doi:10.3406/clao.1980.1079.
  2. Chen, Bo (1986). "海南语言的分区" [Language distribution on Hainan]. Humanities & Social Sciences Journal of Hainan University 2: 87–97. ISSN 1004-1710.
  3. Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Li, Rong; Baumann, Theo; Lee, Mei W. (1987). Language Atlas of China. Longman. Chart B12. ISBN 978-962-359-085-3.
  4. Kurpaska, Maria (2010). Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of "The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects". Walter de Gruyter. p. 73. ISBN 978-3-11-021914-2.
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