Tuhua dialects
Appearance
Tuhua (simplified Chinese: 土话; traditional Chinese: 土話; pinyin: Tǔhuà; lit. 'patois') are unclassified varieties of Chinese spoken in the Nanling Mountains area of southern China. Two varieties are identified:[1][2]
- Xiangnan Tuhua in southern Hunan
- Shaozhou Tuhua in northern Guangdong
References
[edit]- ^ Xiong, Zhenghui; Zhang, Zhenxing, eds. (2012). Zhōngguó yǔyán dìtú jí: Hànyǔ fāngyán juǎn 中国语言地图集:汉语方言卷 [Language Atlas of China: Chinese dialects] (in Chinese) (2nd ed.). Beijing: The Commercial Press. Map B1-22. ISBN 978-7-10-007054-6.
- ^ Hou, Xingquan; Li, Yinghao; Shao, Yi; Kong, Jiangping (2019). The Languages and Dialects of the Nanling Area in China. Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series. Vol. 29. pp. 264–285. JSTOR 27052283.