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Teochew (dialect)




  S 潮州话
  J ciu4 zou1 waa2
  P Cháozhōu huà
  Teo Diô-jiǔ-oē


The Chaozhou language, also called '''Teochew''', '''Teochiu''', '''Tiuchiu''', or '''Diojiu''', is a Dialect of the Chinese Spoken Variant of Min Nan 閩南, spoken in the Chaoshan 潮汕 region of eastern Guangdong 廣東.

  name Chaozhou
  states China , Malaysia , Singapore , Philippines , Cambodia , Vietnam , Thailand , Indonesia , and other countries where Chaozhou migrants have settled
  region in province including Chaozhou , Shantou , Jieyang , Chaoyang , Puning , Chao'an , Raoping , Huilai , and Shanwei
  speakers About 10 million in Chaoshan Approximately 2-5 million speakers overseas (49 million for Min-nan as a group)
  rank 21 ( Min-nan as a group) {Link without Title}
  familycolor Sino-Tibetan
  fam2 Chinese
  fam3 Min
  fam4 Min-nan


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