Danzhou dialect

Danzhouhua
儋州話
Spoken in	China
Region	Hainan (Danzhou)
Native speakers	~400,000
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Yue Hainan Yue Danzhouhua
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.

references

1. ^ 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
2. ^ Atlas of Chinese Language, B12, 1987