Quanzhou dialect

Quanzhou dialect
泉州話 / Chôan-chiu-oē
Native to	People's Republic of China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Region	Southern Fujian province
Native speakers	over 7 million  (date missing)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Coastal Min Min Nan Hokkien Quanzhou dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Quanzhou dialect

The Quanzhou dialect is a Hokkien dialect which originally comes from Southern Fujian province (in Southeast China), in the area centered around the city of Quanzhou. Among the Taiwanese who migrated came from Fujian province since the 17th century onwards, 44.8% were originally from Quanzhou whereas 35.1% were from Zhangzhou. The Quanzhou dialect has an intelligibility of over 90% with other dialects of Hokkien such as Amoy and Zhangzhou. For this reason, the Quanzhou dialect is often simply called Hokkien or Min Nan.

External links

• Quanzhou dialect entry in Baidu Baike (Chinese)