It is urgent to explore the development history of Lianjiang dialect

Lianjiang mainly has three dialects: vernacular, elegant dialect and Li dialect.

1, the distribution and characteristics of vernacular Chinese

Lianjiang dialect is a sub-dialect of Cantonese, which is mainly distributed in five southern towns: Liancheng, Cheban, Anpu, Yingzai, Shicheng, Pingping and Liang Dong.

Some residents in Xinhua, Jishui, Xinmin and Yingzai also speak the vernacular (Editor's Note: Liang Dong, Xinhua and Pingtan merged on May 18, 2003, and were later called Liang Dong Town), accounting for about 35% of the total population of Lianjiang.

Lianjiang's vernacular is different from Guangzhou dialect in pronunciation and vocabulary, with a strong Gaozhou (western Guangdong) accent and influenced by local dialects.

For example, the vernacular of Liancheng town is influenced by Gaozhou and Huazhou dialects; Among the vernacular speakers in Liang Dong town, some ancestors moved from Shunde, and those who moved from Dongguan still have Shunde accent.

2. The distribution and characteristics of Ya dialect.

Ya dialect belongs to Hakka dialect.

It is mainly distributed in five towns of Tang Peng, Shijing, Heliao, Changshan and Shijiao in the west and north, and most villages in four towns of Chun, Shiling, Qingping and Gao Qiao, and some villages in two towns of Hedi and Yingzai, with a population accounting for about 50% of Lianjiang's total population [quoted from Zhanjiang City Records (published in 2003)].

Lianjiang's elegant dialect is similar to Hakka dialect in Fujian's Laotingzhou Prefecture and Guangdong's Laojiaying Prefecture.

Because the ancestors of these residents basically moved from Tingzhou Prefecture in western Fujian and Jiaying Prefecture in eastern Guangdong during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

? 3. The distribution and characteristics of Li dialect.

Li language belongs to Minnan language.

Mainly distributed in Hengshan and Anpu towns.

Xinmin, Yingzai, Xinhua and Liang Dong (Editor's Note: Liang Dong, Xinhua and Pingtan merged on May 18, 2003, later called Town) some residents speak Li, accounting for more than 10% of Lianjiang's total population [quoted from Zhanjiang City].

Lianjiang Li dialect is similar to Leizhou dialect in pronunciation and vocabulary, and some spoken languages have different high and low tones.

In addition, there are "Hai dialect" and "Di dialect".

Shanghai dialect, the old Shicheng county is called "Haidong dialect".

Modern linguists believe that Lianjiang's Shanghai dialect is different from Dianbai's.

Therefore, it is called "Lianjiang Haihua" in the west of Lianjiang.

Mainly distributed in Mingjiao, Nandong, Duolang, Poxin and Longtousha villages in Cheban town, Deyao and Zhai Hong in Gao Qiao town, Xiayang village in Yingzai town, etc.

Haidong dialect belongs to Cantonese.

The pronunciation of Lianjiang dialect is close to Lianjiang dialect. People who speak Haijiao dialect speak written language, and people who speak Lianjiang dialect can generally understand it.

There are nearly 50,000 residents who speak Haidong dialect.

About 10,000 residents of Liang Na Village, Jishuiwu Village and Nalouzhai Village in Shicheng Town speak local dialects.

Only when local people talk to each other do they speak the local dialect. When talking with other Lianjiang people, they also speak Lianjiang vernacular.

Lianjiang people mainly speak Lianjiang vernacular in their daily communication activities (mainly referring to people who use different dialects to communicate with each other, but the same dialect does not exist), and Lianjiang vernacular has gradually become Lianjiang's "common language".