Zhangzhou dialect

E230508

The Zhangzhou dialect is a major Southern Min (Hokkien) variety from Zhangzhou in Fujian, influential in the formation of many overseas Chinese Hokkien dialects.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zhangzhou dialect canonical 10
Zhangzhou Hokkien 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Hokkien dialect
Southern Min dialect
belongsToEthnicity Hokkien people
closelyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect
Xiamen dialect
country China
hasAlternativeName Chaoshan dialect
surface form: Changchew dialect

Zhangzhou dialect
surface form: Zhangzhou Hokkien
hasAncestor Middle Chinese
Old Chinese
Proto-Min
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
distinction between literary and colloquial readings
tone sandhi
historicalCenter Zhangzhou
influenced Xiamen dialect
surface form: Amoy dialect

Penang Hokkien
surface form: Malaysian Hokkien

Philippine Hokkien
Singapore Hokkien
Southeast Asian Hokkien varieties
Taiwanese Hokkien
Xiamen dialect
influencedBy local Fujian topolects
ISOException no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageBranch Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageGroup Hokkien
Southern Min
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Southern Min varieties to varying degrees
partOf Chinese dialects of Fujian
Southern Fujian dialects
surface form: Southern Min dialect continuum
primaryCity Zhangzhou
region Southern Fujian dialects
surface form: Southern Fujian

Zhangzhou
surface form: Zhangzhou region
spokenIn China
Fujian
Zhangzhou
standardFor some overseas Hokkien communities
subclassOf Chinese dialect
Hokkien
Teochew
surface form: Min Nan
usedBy Han Chinese
Hokkien people
usesScript Han characters
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokkien language hasDialect Zhangzhou dialect
Taiwanese Hokkien closelyRelatedTo Zhangzhou dialect
Southern Min hasVariety Zhangzhou dialect
Zhangzhou hasDialect Zhangzhou dialect
Quanzhou dialect closelyRelatedTo Zhangzhou dialect
Singapore Hokkien influencedBy Zhangzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Zhangzhou Hokkien
Minnan language hasMajorDialect Zhangzhou dialect
Minnan language standardInfluencedBy Zhangzhou dialect
Zhangzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Zhangzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Zhangzhou Hokkien
Philippine Hokkien derivedFrom Zhangzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Zhangzhou Hokkien
Penang Hokkien closelyRelatedTo Zhangzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Zhangzhou Hokkien
Xiamen dialect closelyRelatedTo Zhangzhou dialect
Hoklo language hasDialect Zhangzhou dialect
Hokkien hasDialects Zhangzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Zhangzhou Hokkien
Hokkien standardBasedOn Zhangzhou dialect