San Tsuen

San Tsuen (Chinese: 新村; lit.: 'new village') is a village situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the west of the town of Sha Tau Kok.

For other places named or partially named San Tsuen, see San Tsuen (disambiguation).

The village is inhabited by the Yau (邱, Hakka: khiu33) clan. It is a Hakka speaking village.

San Tseun was the village that linguist Henry Henne chose to source his informant Khjew Fuj (邱惠) for the Hakka dialect of Sha Tau Kok. He collected his information between July 1949 and April 1950.

See also

References
  • Henry Henne. Sathewkok Hakka Phonology. Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvidenskap Bind XX. 1964. (in Norwegian)


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