| Shantou dialect | ||
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| 汕頭話/Suaⁿ-thâu-uē | ||
| Spoken in | China | |
| Region | Mainly in Shantou, southwestern Guangdong province. | |
| Total speakers | ||
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | zh | |
| ISO 639-2 | chi (B) | zho (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | nan – Min Nan | |
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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. [1].
| Southern Min languages |
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Hokkien (Min-Tai
Division): Amoy Min - Quanzhou dialect - Zhangzhou
dialect - Taiwanese Minnan - Singaporean
Hokkien - Lan-nang
Hokkien - Penang Hokkien - Muar Hokkien - Medan Hokkien |
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