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.

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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
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
hasLanguageGroup Min
hasLanguageSubgroup Eastern Min
hasLinguasphereCode 79-AAA-bf
hasMutualIntelligibility limited with other Min varieties
low with Mandarin
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
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
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
United States
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
local television programs
usedInReligion Christian church services in diaspora communities

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Min Chinese hasMajorVariety Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhou Plain languageRegion Eastern Min Chinese (Fuzhou dialect)
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Fuzhounese
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Fuzhouhua
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Min Bei sharesAncestryWith Fuzhou dialect
Pu-Xian Min isNotFullyMutuallyIntelligibleWith Eastern Min (Fuzhou dialect)
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Cangshan District languageUsed Fuzhou dialect
Luoyuan County languageUsed Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min hasMajorVariety Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min hasMajorVariety Fuzhounese
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min hasDialect Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min hasDialect Ningde dialect
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Eastern Min hasDialect Lianjiang dialect
linked to: Fuzhou dialect
Taijiang District hasLanguage Fuzhou dialect
Mawei District languageUsed Fuzhou dialect
Changle District languageUsed Fuzhou dialect
Min hasMajorVariety Fuzhou dialect