Danzhou dialect
The Danzhou dialect (simplified Chinese: 儋州话; traditional Chinese: 儋州話; pinyin: Dānzhōuhuà), locally known as Xianghua (simplified Chinese: 乡话; traditional Chinese: 鄉話; pinyin: xiānghuà; lit. 'village speech'), is a Chinese variety of uncertain affiliation spoken in the area of Danzhou in northwestern Hainan, China. It was classified as Yue in the Language Atlas of China, but in more recent work, it is treated as an unclassified southern variety.
| Danzhou | |
|---|---|
| 儋州話 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Hainan (Danzhou) |
Native speakers | 700,000 (2010) |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
Linguist List | 1mk-dan |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-naa |
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