Fuzhou dialect
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The Fuzhou dialect is a major Eastern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in and around Fuzhou in Fujian province, known for its complex phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fuzhou dialect canonical | 10 |
| Fuzhounese | 2 |
| Eastern Min (Fuzhou dialect) | 1 |
| Eastern Min Chinese (Fuzhou dialect) | 1 |
| Fuzhouhua | 1 |
| Lianjiang dialect | 1 |
| Ningde dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4570282 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Fuzhou dialect Context triple: [Min Chinese, hasMajorVariety, Fuzhou dialect]
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A.
Quanzhou dialect
The Quanzhou dialect is a major variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken in and around Quanzhou in Fujian, historically influential in the development of other Hokkien dialects.
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B.
Xiamen dialect
The Xiamen dialect is a Southern Min variety spoken in and around the city of Xiamen in Fujian, China, and is historically influential as a prestige form of Hokkien used in trade and culture across Southeast Asia.
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C.
Zhangzhou dialect
The Zhangzhou dialect is a major Southern Min (Hokkien) variety from Zhangzhou in Fujian, influential in the formation of many overseas Chinese Hokkien dialects.
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D.
Chaoshan dialect
The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.
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E.
Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Fuzhou dialect Target entity description: The Fuzhou dialect is a major Eastern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in and around Fuzhou in Fujian province, known for its complex phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
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A.
Quanzhou dialect
The Quanzhou dialect is a major variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken in and around Quanzhou in Fujian, historically influential in the development of other Hokkien dialects.
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B.
Xiamen dialect
The Xiamen dialect is a Southern Min variety spoken in and around the city of Xiamen in Fujian, China, and is historically influential as a prestige form of Hokkien used in trade and culture across Southeast Asia.
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C.
Zhangzhou dialect
The Zhangzhou dialect is a major Southern Min (Hokkien) variety from Zhangzhou in Fujian, influential in the formation of many overseas Chinese Hokkien dialects.
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D.
Southern Fujian dialects
Southern Fujian dialects are a group of closely related Min Chinese varieties from China’s southern Fujian region that form the linguistic basis for Taiwanese Hokkien and several other overseas Chinese speech communities.
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E.
Chaoshan dialect
The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese variety
ⓘ
Eastern Min dialect ⓘ Sinitic language variety ⓘ regional language ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Mandarin promotion policies ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Foochow dialect
ⓘ
Foochowese ⓘ Fuzhouhua ⓘ
linked to:
Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhounese ⓘ
linked to:
Fuzhou dialect
福州話 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUse |
folk songs
ⓘ
local opera ⓘ local religious practices ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Changle variety
ⓘ
Gutian variety ⓘ Lianjiang variety ⓘ Matsu variety ⓘ Yongtai variety ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable in urban areas ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct vocabulary from Mandarin
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extensive sandhi domains ⓘ literary and colloquial reading distinctions ⓘ syllable reduction in connected speech ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | fooc1234 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalAncestor |
Middle Chinese
ⓘ
Old Chinese ⓘ Proto-Min ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | cdo ⓘ |
| hasLanguageBranch |
Sinitic
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese language
|
| hasLanguageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan
ⓘ
linked to:
Sino-Tibetan languages
|
| hasLanguageGroup | Min ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubgroup | Eastern Min ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 79-AAA-bf ⓘ |
| hasMutualIntelligibility |
limited with other Min varieties
ⓘ
low with Mandarin ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones
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complex rime structure ⓘ complex tone sandhi ⓘ entering tones ⓘ initial consonant alternation ⓘ rich vowel inventory ⓘ tone neutralization in connected speech ⓘ voiceless sonorants ⓘ |
| hasRomanization |
Bàng-uâ-cê
ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī-derived systems ⓘ Romanized Foochow ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Fuzhou urban speech ⓘ |
| hasToneCategory |
departing tone
ⓘ
entering tone ⓘ light tone ⓘ rising tone ⓘ yang level tone ⓘ yin level tone ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Bàng-uâ-cê
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Chinese characters ⓘ Romanized Foochow ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | none ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brunei
ⓘ
linked to:
Brunei Darussalam
Changle District ⓘ Changle immigrant communities ⓘ Fujian province ⓘ
linked to:
Fujian
Fuzhou ⓘ Gutian County ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Lianjiang County ⓘ Luoyuan County ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Matsu Islands ⓘ Minhou County ⓘ New York City ⓘ Ningde region ⓘ
linked to:
Ningde
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to:
China
Philippines ⓘ Pingtan County ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Yongtai County ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Chinese languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese language
Eastern Min ⓘ Min Chinese ⓘ Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese language
|
| usedAs | regional lingua franca in Fuzhou area ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Fuzhou people
ⓘ
Hokchew diaspora ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | limited informal use ⓘ |
| usedInMedia |
local radio programs
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local television programs ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Christian church services in diaspora communities ⓘ |
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Subject: Fuzhou dialect Description of subject: The Fuzhou dialect is a major Eastern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in and around Fuzhou in Fujian province, known for its complex phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
Referenced by (17)
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