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.

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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.

Min Chinese hasMajorVariety Fuzhou dialect
Fuzhou Plain languageRegion Fuzhou dialect
this entity surface form: Eastern Min Chinese (Fuzhou dialect)