Chaoshan Min
Chaoshan or Teo-Swa (Chinese: 潮汕話; pinyin: Cháoshànhuà, Teochew dialect: Diê5suan3 uê7, Shantou dialect: Dio5suan3 uê7) is a Southern Min language spoken by the Chaoshan people of the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province, China, and by their diaspora around the world. It is closely related to Hokkien, with which it shares some cognates and phonology, and the two are mutually intelligible.
| Chaoshan | |
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| Teo-Swa | |
| 潮汕話 | |
| Native to | China, Overseas Chinese communities |
| Region | Eastern Guangdong (Chaoshan), Southern Fujian (Zhao'an) |
| Ethnicity | Han Chinese (Teo-Swa people) |
Native speakers | About 14 million in Chaoshan (2004) more than 5 million overseas |
Early forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | chao1239 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ji |
Teo-Swa | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 潮汕話 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 潮汕话 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chaoshan preserves many similarities to Old Chinese in its pronunciation and vocabulary that have been lost in most other Sinitic languages. As such, Chaoshan is considered to be one of the more conservative Chinese languages.
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