Native to China | Glottolog shan1244 | |
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Region Mainly in Shantou, southwestern Guangdong province. Language family Sino-Tibetan
Chinese
Min
Min Nan
Teochew
Shantou dialect |
The Shantou dialect, formerly known as the Swatow dialect, is a dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a sub-dialect of Min Nan Chinese, and sometimes a sub-dialect of Teochew Min.
References
Shantou dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA