Mainly in Shantou, southeastern Guangdong province.
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Sinitic
Chinese
Min
Coastal Min
Southern Min
Chaoshan Min
Swatow dialect
Early forms
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Old Chinese[a]
Proto-Min
Writing system
Peng'im
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
shan1244
Linguasphere
79-AAA-jif
Shantou dialect
The Swatow dialect, or in Mandarin the Shantou dialect, is a Chinese dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a dialect of Chaoshan Min language.[4] It is similar to and largely mutually intelligible with the Teochew dialect.
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^Shantou Dialect entry in Glossika
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