Fuzhou dialect
E454297
The Fuzhou dialect is a major Eastern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in and around Fuzhou in Fujian province, known for its complex phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Min Chinese (Fuzhou dialect) | 1 |
| Fuzhou dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese variety
ⓘ
Eastern Min dialect ⓘ Sinitic language variety ⓘ regional language ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Mandarin promotion policies ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Foochow dialect
ⓘ
Foochowese ⓘ Fuzhouhua NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuzhounese NERFINISHED ⓘ 福州話 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUse |
folk songs
ⓘ
local opera ⓘ local religious practices ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Changle variety
ⓘ
Gutian variety ⓘ Lianjiang variety ⓘ Matsu variety ⓘ Yongtai variety ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable in urban areas ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct vocabulary from Mandarin
ⓘ
extensive sandhi domains ⓘ literary and colloquial reading distinctions ⓘ syllable reduction in connected speech ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | fooc1234 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalAncestor |
Middle Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Min NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | cdo ⓘ |
| hasLanguageBranch | Sinitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageGroup | Min ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubgroup | Eastern Min NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 79-AAA-bf ⓘ |
| hasMutualIntelligibility |
limited with other Min varieties
ⓘ
low with Mandarin ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones
ⓘ
complex rime structure ⓘ complex tone sandhi ⓘ entering tones ⓘ initial consonant alternation ⓘ rich vowel inventory ⓘ tone neutralization in connected speech ⓘ voiceless sonorants ⓘ |
| hasRomanization |
Bàng-uâ-cê
ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī-derived systems ⓘ Romanized Foochow ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Fuzhou urban speech ⓘ |
| hasToneCategory |
departing tone
ⓘ
entering tone ⓘ light tone ⓘ rising tone ⓘ yang level tone ⓘ yin level tone ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Bàng-uâ-cê
ⓘ
Chinese characters ⓘ Romanized Foochow ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | none ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brunei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Changle District NERFINISHED ⓘ Changle immigrant communities ⓘ Fujian province NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Gutian County NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Lianjiang County NERFINISHED ⓘ Luoyuan County NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Minhou County NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Ningde region NERFINISHED ⓘ People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Pingtan County NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Yongtai County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Chinese languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Min NERFINISHED ⓘ Min Chinese ⓘ Sinitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | regional lingua franca in Fuzhou area ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Fuzhou people
ⓘ
Hokchew diaspora ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | limited informal use ⓘ |
| usedInMedia |
local radio programs
ⓘ
local television programs ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Christian church services in diaspora communities ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Min Chinese (Fuzhou dialect)