History of Chaozhou Dialect Research

According to the research of relevant experts and scholars, there are three main aspects to preserve ancient Chinese in Chaozhou dialect:

The first is voice. Double lip sounds are closely related to the correct pronunciation of dialects, such as "mountain" becomes "sand" without nasal sound, and "circle" becomes "shift" without nasal sound; "socks" become "moon" without double lip sound; "Heart" becomes "body" without double lip sounds … and so on.

The second is vocabulary. According to textual research, many words in Chaozhou dialect can be found in ancient books of Qin and Han Dynasties or Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Dongsi, Shouzhu, Lumbar Rickets, Shu, Sleeping, Pepe and Qicuo.

The third is grammar. Many auxiliary words and adjectives in Chaozhou dialect are also common in ancient books, such as "Jue" (elegance), "just desire" (just want to eat and leave), "suppression" (the tide sounds the same as Asia, and suppression means suppression) and "don't pay attention to it, don't ignore it).

In addition, like ancient Chinese, Chaozhou dialect has the characteristics of polysemy and polysemy.

Because Chaozhou is ancient Chinese, reading Tang poetry and Song poetry in Chaozhou is more charming, catchy and clear than Chinese. On the contrary, reciting modern poetry in Chaozhou dialect is not smooth, and the rhythm and intensity have not changed much.

Because of the different pronunciations of Chinese characters, jokes such as "eating wheat flour" and "eating noodles", "unnecessary" and "unnecessary beard", "diva" and "diva" also appeared in dialects. Of course, as a unified national language, the written language is of course important, and Putonghua should also be promoted, but dialects should never be regarded as "local dialect" because of this. Its cultural connotation is far from that of modern Chinese, and it also reflects the richness and evolution of China's language and culture. Therefore, Chaozhou dialect is also an important embodiment of the antiquity of Chaozhou culture.