Why is Chaoshan dialect so similar to Minnan dialect?

Because Chaozhou dialect originated from Putian dialect, an ancient Minnan dialect.

Chaozhou dialect is one of the remains of ancient Chinese in China, which can be traced back to the pre-Tang and pre-Qin periods. It is also one of the oldest official languages in China, and it is also an authentic language that has been constantly transformed and swallowed up after the reunification of Qin.

Chaozhou dialect originated from Putian dialect, an ancient Minnan dialect, and now belongs to a sub-dialect of Minnan dialect, one of the eight major language families of Chinese dialects. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty, the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Fujian Putian people migrated to Chaozhou in succession during the harsh coastal migration of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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1, Zhang Quan tablets

Also known as Fujian-Taiwan film, that is, the local Minnan language, the narrow sense of Minnan language. It is widely used in south-central Fujian, Taiwan Province Province, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian regions, with high internal consistency and generally unimpeded communication.

Their phonetic systems are different, but they correspond strictly. Grammar and words are basically the same. In addition, there are different proportions of spectral mixing and gradual changes in individual oral English, which is called "Zhang Quanlan". Xiamen dialect and Taiwan dialect (both similar, the former louder than the latter) that have appeared since the Ming and Qing Dynasties belong to it.

Quanzhou dialect, mainly divided into "Fucheng dialect" and "Haikou dialect", is popular in Quanzhou, Fujian, northern Taiwan Province Province, Lugang and other coastal areas, and Minnan dialect in southern Zhejiang is close to Quanzhou dialect.

2. Minnan

Zhangzhou dialect mainly has the accents of Fucheng, Longhai, Dongshan and Zhangping. Popular in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, southern Taiwan Province Province, Yilan and other plain areas, the Minnan dialect in Hailufeng and Huizhou, Guangdong Province is close to Zhangzhou dialect.

3. Taiwan Province people.

Also known as Taiwanese, Taiwanese can be called "seamount abuse" and "sea-land abuse". It is divided into four representatives: Haikou (Quanzhou), Tongkou and Neipu (Zhangzhou).

The main features are the emergence of a large number of loanwords such as Pingpu, English, Dutch and Japanese, and the influence of provincial dialects such as "Mandarin" and "Wu" promoted by Taiwan Province Provincial Department. Zhangzhou immigrants mainly live in the central plain, northern coastal areas and Yanglan plain, so it is called Neipu cavity. Quanzhou immigrants mainly live in the central coast and Taipei basin, known as Haikou, and the southern part is a mixed area of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.

4. Southeast Asia

Min dialect, which is popular in Southeast Asia, is mainly composed of Minnan dialect and Taiwan dialect, with some Chaozhou dialect mixed in. And interact with the local language according to the location.

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