Do people in Shanwei speak Minnan?

Most people are.

1. Shanwei’s dialect is very complex. Basically, the dialect spoken in most areas of Haifeng County, Lufeng County, urban areas, etc. is

“Fuluo dialect”. It is the Minnan dialect that is deeply influenced by Hakka and Cantonese.

2. In a small part of the northern part of Haifeng County and Lufeng County, a large part of the area speaks "Hakka" which is deeply influenced by "Hoklo dialect". There are also a small number of vernacular speakers concentrated in Shanwei Port and Magong Port, and most of the users are deep-water fishermen. Others include "Zhan Mi Hua".

3. Due to the geographical relationship between Hailufeng area and Chaoshan, there are transportation geography problems. Especially the closeness in language, psychology, and customs, plus the fact that various places in the original Chaoshan Administrative Region are not the same. In this way, the Hailufeng area can be classified into Dachaoshan. Of course, it is okay not to include Hailufeng dialect, but it is absolutely not allowed to include Hailufeng dialect into Chaoshan dialect.

4. They not only have the unity, loyalty, and strong character of the Chaozhou people, but also have the optimistic, self-improvement, and tenacity of the Hakka people! They were formed after the two different ethnic groups were deeply integrated.

5. Shanwei people are a collective name for the same race, mainly including descendants of original residents and people from southern Fujian. In the early years of the Republic of China, Shanwei City was established in the Shanwei area in 1988 after many changes in jurisdiction, because the languages ??in the Chaoshan area belong to the Hokkien language family.

6. Hokkien people account for a large proportion of the population in Shanwei area. Not only Hailufeng is the county where Hokkien people live, but there are also some Hokkien people living in Haifeng County and Lufeng City. Since the reform and opening up, the population distribution of Guangdong has undergone tremendous changes, and the same is true for the Shanwei area. However, the population in Shanwei area has always been mainly: Hoklo people, vernacular people, Hakka people, Dan people, and a very small number of She people and Yao people. People etc.