Introduction to Beihai Dialect

Beihai City is located at the southern tip of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the northeast bank of Beibu Gulf. Beihai (Hepu) was the land of Baiyue in ancient times, and it was the place where South Vietnamese lived and multiplied in ancient China. For thousands of years, immigrants from different regions moved here at different times, so Beihai has a variety of surnames and complex languages. According to "Lianzhou Prefecture Records", "There are four common people: one is a guest, who lives in the city wall and interprets Chinese sounds; First of all, people from the east live in rural areas, understand Min dialect and make a living by farming. A slang person, living in a distant village, does not understand Chinese; One day, you can swim in the door and the boat lives in the hole. You can also learn Chinese pronunciation and make a living by collecting the sea. " "Hanyin" refers to Cantonese and Hakka; "Min dialect" refers to Min dialect, that is, military dialect and Li dialect; Vulgar "refers to the Zhuang nationality. Since Qinbei District, Fangchenggang City and dongxing city, which belonged to Lianzhou government in Ming and Qing Dynasties, were placed under the jurisdiction of Qinzhou City and Fangchenggang City respectively, there are no Zhuang residents in Beihai City today. So now the languages used by Beihai residents are mainly Beihai dialect (including Nankang dialect), Wa dialect and Lianzhou dialect (including Wa dialect and Haibin dialect) belonging to Hakka dialect? Dialect, military dialect and Li dialect belonging to Min dialect. 1 Cantonese is not only the largest Chinese dialect in Guangxi, but also the most populous Chinese dialect in Beihai, with a population of one million. Popular in Haicheng District, Yinhai District, tieshangang district and its surrounding counties and towns. In addition, there are Hakka dialect (Ya dialect) and Min dialect (Jun dialect and Li dialect) in Beihai. Hakka dialects are mainly distributed in Guangong Town, Baisha Town, Zhang Qu Town, Zhakou Town, Shankou Town, Changle Town and parts of Weizhou Island in Hepu County, with a population of about 300,000. Min dialect is scattered in shatian town, Shankou Town, Baisha Town and parts of Weizhou Island in Hepu County, with a population of about 30,000. Beihai dialect has a long history and unique features. It inherits ancient Chinese and retains many sounds and vocabulary of ancient Chinese.