The Tingzhou dialect (Chinese: 汀州片; pinyin: Tīngzhōupiàn) is a group of Hakka dialects spoken in Longyan and Sanming (historically Tingzhou), southwestern Fujian. Tingzhou includes the Hakka dialects spoken in the counties originally under the jurisdiction of Tingzhou: Changting (Tingzhou), Ninghua, Qingliu, Liancheng, Wuping, Shanghang, Yongding and Mingxi. The Changting dialect is generally regarded as the representative dialect of this branch of Hakka.[1]
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汀州片 | |
Region | western Fujian |
Native speakers | 4.8 million |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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ISO 639-3 | – |
ISO 639-6 | tigz |
Glottolog | ting1250 |
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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