The Origin of Wuchuan Dialect in Guangdong and Minnan Dialect in Fujian

Today's Wuchuan dialect is actually evolved from Minnan dialect, and Huazhou has villages where most Fujian people moved. The formation of Huazhou dialect is also influenced by the local slang and vernacular in Gaozhou prefecture, but there are still differences between Huazhou dialect and Gaozhou dialect. Among the six genera of Gaozhou Prefecture, part of Wuchuan dialect and Lianjiang dialect (where Lianjiang is near Suixi, also called Li dialect) are assimilated, but the assimilation is not obvious, which is Dianbai. Although it is not very similar to the local Lei dialect in Zhanjiang, it also belongs to Minnan dialect. Many places in Xinyi maintain the variant Hakka dialect, including Lianjiang and Suixi, and the language of Xuwen in Leizhou is relatively unified. Therefore, the languages of Zhanjiang and Maoming are too complicated, and sometimes it is difficult for people to adapt. They are similar to Huizhou languages and belong to the most complicated places of the three languages in the province.

About two thousand years ago, due to various reasons such as war and famine, Fujian ancestors in the Central Plains and sparsely populated areas were forced to leave their homes and came to Guangdong, which was relatively desolate at that time. Perhaps our ancestors at that time could not speak Leizhou dialect and Wuchuan dialect now. At that time, the indigenous people in western Guangdong were mainly Li nationality and Li nationality, and Li nationality was mainly distributed in Jianjiang River basin. In order to adapt to the local life, they have to blend in with the local people. At this time, the ancestors were divided into two factions, one into the Li nationality and the other into the Li nationality. Due to the relatively developed traffic and close contact with the outside world, today's vernacular has been formed after thousands of years of influence and change; However, Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island are relatively backward in traffic and have little contact with the outside world. Today's Li language has been formed with the local Li people, and the language has changed little. This is why Li dialect is similar to Min dialect and Chaoshan dialect.