The Origin and Characteristics of Xuelao Dialect

Originated from Minnan dialect, it is self-contained, mainly popular in Shanwei city, and basically accessible in Shanwei city. Fulao dialect has three basic characteristics: first, it retains more ancient Chinese words; Second, it is basically consistent with Chaozhou dialect; Thirdly, influenced by the penetration of Mandarin (Zhongzhou dialect), the traditional Hailufeng orthographic opera (also known as Andrew opera) is sung in Zhongzhou Mandarin.

Shanwei is geographically adjacent to the Chaoshan area, but it does not belong to the Chaoshan area. However, from the approximate degree, the Minnan dialect in Shanwei is closer to the Minnan dialect in Fujian and Taiwan than the two major types of Chaozhou dialect (Chaojie dialect and Chaopu dialect). Therefore, the Minnan dialect in Shanwei can't be classified as Chaoshan dialect casually, but maybe it can be called Dongjiang dialect.

Shanwei dialect and Chaozhou dialect are two branches of Minnan dialect. Shanwei dialect is also spoken in Taiwan Province province.

Many people think that Haifeng dialect belongs to Chaozhou-Shantou dialect in Minnan dialect (this is the classification of some people in linguistics, but it is actually wrong), but Haifeng dialect and Chaoshan dialect have many differences in intonation and usage, and it is sometimes difficult to communicate with Chaoshan dialect.

Huidong County, Huizhou City is close to some towns in Shanwei City, and Shanwei dialect is used. In addition to the towns and villages in Huidong County that speak Shanwei dialect, there are also popular sayings in Dongjiang and Xizhijiang in Huizhou, but they are quite different from Shanwei dialect. According to the similarity of accent, they should be regarded as Minnan dialect in Fujian, Taiwan and Fujian. Because Shanwei and Huizhou belong to the administrative region of Dongjiang Yu in history (Shanwei has always been the jurisdiction of Huizhou in history), according to the principle of geographical proximity, Minnan dialect in Huizhou area and the old river saying in Shanwei area can be classified as "Dongjiang patch" in Fujian-Taiwan language.

Professor and Director of Taiwan Province Provincial Department of Chinese Studies, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan Province Province, studied the flood of Taiwanese and put forward the idea of "Zhangzhou Dialect in Shanwei City" for Shanwei Dialect (Hong, Taiwan Province Dialect Tour, Qianwei Publishing House, 1994, Taipei).

Shanwei Dialect, Chaozhou Dialect, Xiamen Dialect and Taiwan Province Provincial Dialect are also a mixture of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou dialects in Minnan dialect. Relatively speaking, the phonetic similarity between Hailufeng dialect and Zhangzhou dialect is higher, and the phonetic similarity between Chaozhou dialect and Quanzhou dialect is higher.

Shanwei Dialect and Chaozhou Dialect are greatly influenced by Guangzhou Dialect and Hakka Dialect. They are homophony with Cantonese's nine tones and six tones, and eight tones are rich (including yin and yang), while Taiwan Dialect has only seven tones (lacking 1).

Shanwei Dialect, Chaozhou Dialect, Taiwan Dialect, Zhangzhou Dialect and Quanzhou Dialect have many identical and similar language conditions, and many words and sounds are at the same height, so the two sides can basically talk.

There is a "sea-land dialect" in Taiwan Province Hakka dialect, which belongs to Guangdong Dongjiang (Shanwei) dialect, not Shanwei Helao dialect (authenticity remains to be verified).

Because of the same language, there are many Heluo and Hakka immigrants in Shanwei City, Taiwan Province Province. He is a famous scholar in Shanwei City, Taiwan Province Province (Ma Sicong also spent some time in Taiwan Province Province), and the former chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of Taiwan Province Province was also a Shanwei native.