The origin of Chaoshan dialect?

Chaozhou dialect is the Teochew dialect, which is a mixture of ancient Chinese, Malay, and English. For example, the name "Laoli" for cars is Malay, and Teochew dialect is a living fossil of the Chinese language.

Chaozhou dialect is widely spoken in the Chaoshan area on the eastern coast of Guangdong and among overseas Chinese. It is a well-known ancient dialect that contains many ancient Chinese elements. It belongs to the Heluo language and its vocabulary is similar to that of Quanzhang. The films are highly corresponding, and the pronunciation and intonation of the films are obviously different from those of Quan and Zhang, making it difficult to communicate with each other.

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Language characteristics:

The characteristics of Chaozhou dialect can be summarized as special grammar, rich vocabulary, unique phonology, and many ancient semantics. The ancient four sounds of "ping", "shang", "que" and "ru", Chaozhou dialect is divided into Yin and Yang categories: "Yinping", "Yinshang", "Yinqu", "Yinru", "Yangping", There are eight sounds: "Yang Shang", "Yang Go", and "Yang Enter".

Guests are called renke, hens are called chicken hens, typhoons are called fengtai, walking is called xinglu, iron pots are called tripods, and bottles are called zun. Chaozhou dialect retains the characteristics of ancient Chinese. One word in Chaozhou dialect has multiple meanings. The word "food" includes almost all oral eating actions such as drinking, eating, drinking, sucking, sucking, etc., such as eating (smoking), smoking (eating), etc. Drink (drink) wine, eat (gnaw) sugarcane, eat (drink) water, etc.

Chaozhou dialect is simple and elegant, and has the above characteristics, which has long attracted the attention of linguists at home and abroad. As a result, there are many people studying Chaozhou dialect, and there are many monographs, dictionaries and dictionaries about Chaozhou dialect. Chaozhou dialect has been valued by more and more linguists.

The complete reading system of Chaozhou dialect has gradually integrated with modern Chinese and penetrated into each other, so that Chaozhou dialect retains its own unique phonology without being harsh and difficult to understand. The older dictionary includes the "Fifteen Syllables of Chaozhou Dialect", and later the "Dictionary of Chaozhou Phonics". In modern times, there are also various research works.

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