Is Fujian Putian dialect a variant of Minnan dialect?

Yes, Putian dialect actually has a short origin and belongs to Min dialect of Sino-Tibetan language. Putian and its surrounding population is about 5 million. Puxian dialect is also called Xinghua dialect because this area belongs to Xinghua army and Xinghua government in history. The intangible cultural heritage with Puxian dialect as the carrier includes Puxian Opera. Xinghua dialect belongs to Minhai dialect of Chinese dialect.

Many people in Chaoshan area immigrated from Putian. Putian dialect was deeply influenced by Fuzhou dialect in ancient times and divorced from the mother tongue of Minnan dialect. In order to break away from Minnan language, Putian people moved to Chaoshan area, where Minnan language is still spoken.

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With the support of Fujian political envoys, tens of thousands of victims in Fujian coastal areas were recruited and transported to Taiwan Province for reclamation; Shen Baozhen, an imperial envoy, came to Taiwan to handle defense and attract foreigners, thus once again lifting the ban on crossing Taiwan for nearly 200 years. Hai Lufeng is mostly a Minnan immigrant. Minnan people not only brought Minnan dialect to many places in Taiwan Province Province and Chinese mainland, but also brought Minnan dialect to many overseas countries and regions.

Due to the early development of overseas transportation in southern Fujian, Quanzhou has had transportation and trade exchanges with some countries in Africa and the Middle East since the Tang Dynasty. From the Southern Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou Port has become one of the largest trading ports in the world. Later, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Xiamen ports in Zhangzhou also became important ports in the world.

With more trade with overseas, Minnan people naturally take Minnan dialect out when they go abroad; Another reason is that Minnan people are hardworking. In those years, they left their homes for their lives and took them to Nanyang to make a living. For hundreds of years, Minnan people have thrived there, and Minnan dialect has also taken root and developed in Southeast Asian countries.

Among them, the Minnan dialect in Fujian is the closest to the Minnan dialect in Taiwan Province Province and the Minnan dialect in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries, and it basically makes sense, while the Minnan dialect popular in Chaoshan area and southern area was brought to the local area by immigrants from Minnan area at different times.

However, due to the changes of society, history and geography, it is different from Minnan dialect and difficult to communicate to varying degrees. But it can be said that Minnan dialect, which is popular in any area, originated from Minnan dialect.

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