Manjiang dialect

Manjiang (simplified Chinese: 蛮讲; traditional Chinese: 蠻講; pinyin: Mánjiǎng), also known as Man (simplified Chinese: 蛮话; traditional Chinese: 蠻話; pinyin: Mánhuà; lit.: 'Man speech'), is an Eastern Min dialect spoken in Taishun and Cangnan counties of Wenzhou prefecture in Southeast Zhejiang province.

Manjiang
蠻講, 蠻話
Native toSouthern China
RegionTaishun and Cangnan, Wenzhou, Zhejiang
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
Linguasphere79-AAA-ia

As a dialect of Eastern Min, Manjiang is very distant from major Chinese varieties such as Mandarin and Cantonese, and displays very significant elements of a substratal indigenous language, perhaps belonging to the Austroasiatic or Tai–Kadai language families.

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.