Quanzhou dialect

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The Quanzhou dialect is a major variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken in and around Quanzhou in Fujian, historically influential in the development of other Hokkien dialects.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Quanzhou dialect canonical 9
Quanzhou Hokkien 5
Quanzhou Min Nan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Hokkien dialect
Southern Min dialect
closelyRelatedTo Xiamen dialect
Zhangzhou dialect
distinctFrom Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
educationStatus not generally used as medium of instruction in formal schools
endangermentStatus under pressure from Mandarin Chinese
hasAlternativeName Chaoshan dialect
surface form: Choan-chiu dialect

Chôan-chiu-ōe
Quanzhou dialect
surface form: Quanzhou Hokkien

Quanzhou dialect
surface form: Quanzhou Min Nan

Quanzhou dialect
surface form: 泉州话
hasCulturalRole basis for traditional Nanyin lyrics pronunciation
used in local opera in Quanzhou
hasToneSystem complex tone system typical of Southern Min
historicallyInfluenced Xiamen dialect
surface form: Amoy dialect

Philippine Hokkien
Southeast Asian Hokkien varieties
Taiwanese Hokkien
Xiamen dialect
historicalRole source dialect for overseas Chinese communities from Quanzhou
isMajorVarietyOf Southern Min
ISO639Status does not have a separate ISO 639-3 code from Southern Min
languageBranch Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageGroup Min Chinese
Southern Min
lexicalFeature shares core vocabulary with other Hokkien dialects
mediaUse used in some local media and folk performances
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with Taiwanese Hokkien
largely mutually intelligible with Xiamen dialect
phonologicalFeature checkedTone syllables
distinction between literary and colloquial readings
tone sandhi
region Minnan Golden Triangle
southern Fujian
sharesFeatureWith other Southern Min dialects
spokenIn China
Fujian
Quanzhou
standardizationStatus lacks a fully standardized orthography
subclassOf Chinese dialect
Hokkien
Teochew
surface form: Min Nan
usedBy Han Chinese population in Quanzhou area
usesScript Han script
writingSystem Chinese characters

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokkien language hasDialect Quanzhou dialect
Taiwanese Hokkien closelyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect
Southern Min hasVariety Quanzhou dialect
Quanzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Quanzhou Hokkien
Quanzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Quanzhou Min Nan
Quanzhou dialect hasAlternativeName Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: 泉州话
Singapore Hokkien influencedBy Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Quanzhou Hokkien
Minnan language hasMajorDialect Quanzhou dialect
Minnan language standardInfluencedBy Quanzhou dialect
Zhangzhou dialect closelyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect
Philippine Hokkien derivedFrom Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Quanzhou Hokkien
Penang Hokkien closelyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Quanzhou Hokkien
Xiamen dialect closelyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect
Hoklo language hasDialect Quanzhou dialect
Hokkien hasDialects Quanzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Quanzhou Hokkien
Hokkien standardBasedOn Quanzhou dialect