Chinese, Huizhou
A language of China
| Population | 4,600,000 (2000 census). Jixi dialect: 988,000; Xiuyi dialect: 861,000; Qide dialect 798,000, Yanzhou dialect 638,000, Jingzhan dialect 134,000. |
| Region | South Anhui Province, Huizhou region and Jixi, She (Xi), Ningguo, Jingde, Tunxi, Xiuning, Yi, Qimen and Dongzhi counties; northern Zhejiang Province, Chun’an County, Jiande municipality; northeast Jiangxi Province, Wuyuan, Dexing and Fuliang counties. |
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| Alternate names | Huizhou |
| Dialects | Jixi, Xiuyi, Qide, Yanzhou, Jingzhan. Formerly considered part of Jianghuai dialect of Mandarin Chinese [cmn], but now considered by many a separate major dialect of Chinese. Dialects reportedly differ greatly from each other. Different from Huizhou dialect of Hakka Chinese [hak]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese A member of macrolanguage Chinese [zho] (China). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 91%. |
| Writing system | Han script, Simplified variant. Han script, Traditional variant. |
| Comments | Classified as Han nationality. |
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