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Leizhou Min
Leizhounese
[lɔi˩uɛ˨˦]
Pronunciation
[lɔi˩uɛ˨˦] (Lei city dialect)
Native to
China, Hong Kong and Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, United States (California)
Region
Leizhou Peninsula in southwestern Guangdong
Native speakers
around 2.8 million in China (2004)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Sinitic
Chinese
Min
Coastal Min
Qiong–Lei
Leizhou Min
Early forms
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Old Chinese[a]
Proto-Min
Dialects
Zhanjiang
Language codes
ISO 639-3
(luh is proposed[5])
Glottolog
leiz1236
Linguasphere
79-AAA-jj
Leizhou Min
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Leizhou or LuichewMin (simplified Chinese: 雷州话; traditional Chinese: 雷州話; pinyin: Léizhōuhuà, [lěɪʈʂóʊ xwâ]) is a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Leizhou city, Xuwen County, Mazhang District, most parts of Suixi County and also spoken inside of the linguistically diverse Xiashan District. In the classification of Yuan Jiahua, it was included in the Southern Min group, though it has low intelligibility with other Southern Min varieties. In the classification of Li Rong, used by the Language Atlas of China, it was treated as a separate Min subgroup.[6] Hou Jingyi combined it with Hainanese in a Qiong–Lei group.[7]
^湛江市志·第三十六篇 方言·第三章 雷州话
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^Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
^Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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^Kurpaska, Maria (2010). Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of "The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects". Walter de Gruyter. pp. 54–55, 86. ISBN 978-3-11-021914-2.
^Hou, Jingyi 侯精一 (2002). Xiàndài hànyǔ fāngyán gàilùn 现代汉语方言概论 [An Introduction to Modern Chinese Dialects]. Shanghai Educational Press 上海教育出版社. p. 238.
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