Kanmen immigrants

In a narrow sense, Minnan dialect is mainly distributed in Taiwan Province Province of China and Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Xiamen in Chinese mainland, Fujian. Xinluo district and Zhangping in Longyan, most of Datian in Sanming, and a small part of Youxi. And Minnan also includes Guangdong and Hainan. At the same time, it is also distributed in Chinese mainland and other parts of Southeast Asia: Jiangsu Province: Zhejiang Province, the southern mountainous area of Yixing City: mainly distributed in coastal areas: Kanmen, Yuhuan County, the main island of Dongtou County, Chenyu, Banping Island, Jue Yuan, Beiji Island, Niyu Island, Shanmen Town, Pingyang County, Danan Township, Shuitou Town, Tengjiao Town, Nanji Island, the southeast corner of Taishun County, Xiwan Township, and the southeast corner of wencheng county, Cangnan County, Jiangxi Province. Lingxi, Fanshan, Wharf, Mazhan, Xizao, Chixi, Guanmei, Southern Song Dynasty, Xiaguan, Dayu, Wangli, Juxi, Zhoushan Islands and other towns: areas near Zhejiang in the northeast, Guangdong Province: Hailufeng area in the east coast, Shantou in Leizhou Peninsula and Shanwei, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Zhanjiang and Dianbai in the west of Hainan Province: Qiongshan dialect and Wenchang dialect. North America: Christmas Island, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries and regions where Minnan people immigrate. Minnan dialect has a long history, but except Taiwan Province Province and Fujian, the Minnan dialect in other areas has deteriorated. The pronunciation standard is based on the local Minnan dialect: Quanzhou dialect, Zhangzhou dialect, Zhangping dialect, Taiwan dialect and Xiamen dialect.

Second, Cantonese.

Cantonese is distributed along the Yangtze River. It takes the middle reaches of Xijiang River as the center, and expands outward in four channels: east, west and south. The first passage is the Xijiang River-the Pearl River, that is, along the Xijiang River eastward to Panyu (Guangzhou). Including Wuzhou in Guangxi and Zhaoqing, Fengkai, Deqing, Foshan, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan and Shenzhen in Guangdong, as well as Hong Kong and Macao. The second river is Xijiang-Yujiang, which goes back to Xijiang, Jiang Xun and Yujiang and reaches Jiaozhi County. Including Nanning, Chongzuo, Guigang and most counties in Guangxi. The third river is Beiliu River-Nanliu River. Including Guangxi Yulin, Beihai, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and other cities and counties. The fourth passage is Nanjiang-Jianjiang, that is, going up Nanjiang and crossing Yunkai Mountain Range to Jianjiang Valley. Including Yunfu, Maoming, Yunnan, Luoding, Xinyi, Gaozhou, Huazhou, Zhanjiang, Wuchuan and Lianjiang in Guangdong. According to local regions, Cantonese can be divided into different categories: Cantonese dialect. Guangzhou dialect, also known as "Guangzhou dialect", is a typical representative of Cantonese, but Guangfu dialect itself is constantly changing and developing.