How to learn Chaoshan dialect

TiMi-Chiu-u, also known as Chaoshan dialect and Chaozhou dialect, is a sub-dialect of Minnan dialect, which is distributed in Chaoshan area and overseas Chinese area in the east of Guangdong Province. The English name is Teochew or Chiuchow, which is a transliteration of the word "Chaozhou". Chaozhou dialect has been widely recognized by Chaoshan people at home and abroad because it has been used for more than 1000 years, and academic works such as dictionaries and monographs are all based on Chaozhou dialect. It is not entirely correct to divide Chaozhou dialect into Minnan dialect. Chaozhou was an immigrant city in ancient times, and its main ancestors were Minnan people and Zhongyuan people. Its Minnan language and ancient Chinese merged in Chaozhou, forming a unique language family. Chaozhou dialect is different from Minnan dialect and ancient Chinese. Often the same word has different pronunciations, such as place names, names and literal meanings.

Language relations

mandarin

National map of Chinese dialects

Children in Chaoshan area began to learn Mandarin as early as kindergarten. Before entering primary school, Chaozhou dialect was still the main teaching language, and then only Mandarin was used. Although local students still communicate in Chaozhou dialect. Most locals can understand Mandarin, but young people can generally understand it. Older people can't speak Mandarin because Chaozhou dialect was used as the teaching language in schools in the past.

Minnan dialect and its branches are the same as the Middle Ages, and there are no pouting (vowels without front round lips), labial teeth sound and tongue rolling sound. For example, vowel [y] with round lips before closing is misread as vowel without round lips before closing; The pronunciation of [f] with clear lips and teeth in Putonghua is [h] with clear throat; Mandarin initial zh[t? ]、ch[t]、sh[？ ] and r[? ] pronounced [ts] and [ts? ], [s] and [z].

Hakka

Because Chaoan, Raoping and Jieyang are close to the Hakka dialect area in the north, some people in these areas can speak Hakka besides Chaozhou dialect. Chaoshan people often contact with Hakka people, but it is interesting that Hakka dialect has little influence on Chaozhou dialect. Similarly, both Tai Po and Fengshun are places where Chaozhou dialect and Hakka dialect meet, and some people speak Chaozhou dialect, even though Hakka dialect is still the most important language.

Guangzhou people

Influenced by Hong Kong Opera and Guangzhou's influence on Guangdong Province, many young Chaoshan people can understand even if they don't know Cantonese.

Other languages

Later, many Chaoshan people moved to Southeast Asia, so Thai, Khmer, Vietnamese and Malay all influenced the development of Chaozhou dialect in Southeast Asia.

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