What dialect do Hainan people speak?

Hainan Island is one of the typical dialect interlaced areas in China. The main reason is that with the development of Hainan Island in the past dynasties, people and land migrated to the south, and complex languages gathered on the island, but each kept its own typical language. At present, Hainan's local dialects are mainly Cantonese, Li, Miao, Cantonese, Lingao, Hakka, Danzhou, Mai, Jun, Cun, Fuma and Hainan. Hainan dialect

Lingao dialect belongs to Zhuang Dai branch of Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, which is close to Zhuang language. Hainan is used by about 500,000 people, mainly distributed in Changliu, Rongshan and Xinhai in Lingao County and the western suburbs of Haikou City. Danzhou dialect belongs to the Sino-Tibetan Chinese Cantonese dialect system, which is used by about 400,000 people in Hainan, mainly distributed in the northern and western parts of Danzhou city and the coastal areas of Changjiang and Dongfang counties. Military dialect belongs to the southwest mandarin system of northern dialect of Sino-Tibetan language family. According to historical records, this is the language left by soldiers and officials who moved to Hainan from the mainland in ancient times. Hainan is used by about 654.38 million people, mainly distributed in Changjiang, Dongfang, Danzhou and Sanya. Mai dialect belongs to Cantonese dialect system and is close to Guangzhou dialect. Mainly distributed in Yacheng and Shuinan areas of Sanya City, with few users. Miao language belongs to Miao Yao branch of Sino-Tibetan language family, with about 50,000 people. It is the language of Miao people in Hainan. Mainly distributed in Qiongzhong, Baisha, Baoting, Tongshi and other ethnic autonomous areas in the south-central part of Hainan Island. At present, there is no conclusion on the attribution of Hui Hui dialect in academic circles. It is the language of the Hui people in Hainan. About 6000 Hui people use it. Mainly distributed in Hui Hui and Huixin Village in Sanya. Village dialect belongs to the Zhuang and Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, close to Li language, with a population of about 65,438+10,000, mainly distributed in Dongfang and Changjiang counties in the lower reaches of Changhua River. Hakka dialect belongs to Cantonese. It is only for the use of Han water residents near Sanya Port. In addition, after liberation, especially since the establishment of the Special Zone in Hainan, among the foreign residents who moved to Hainan from the mainland, there are also people who use vernacular, Hakka, Chaozhou, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Minnan, Shanghai and Northern dialects.