Yuantang dialect

Yuantang dialect

Yuantang dialect is language game spoken by Hakka speakers at Yuantang, a village in southern China. Local speaker use it to obscure the conversation from outsiders.

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History

There is no solid evidence for the original of Yuantang dialect. But it is believed to be an invention of a local intellectual in Qing dynasty.


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