Danzhou dialect
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| Danzhouhua | |
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| 儋州話 | |
| Spoken in |  China |
| Region | Hainan (Danzhou) |
| Native speakers | ~400,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Danzhou hua (hua means speech) (儋州話 / 儋州话), locally known as Xiang hua (乡话 xiāng huà 'village speech'), is a Cantonese (Yue) dialect[1][2] spoken in and around the area of Danzhou on the island of Hainan, China.
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- ^ Chen Bo, Language distribution on Haihan Island(《海南语言的分区》)，Hemanities & Social Sciences Journal of Hainan University. 1986:02. page 87. ISSN:1004-1710.0.1986-02-013
- ^ Atlas of Chinese Language, B12, 1987
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