Two Chaoshan dialects

1. In fact, your so-called Chaoshan dialect should be called Chaozhou dialect, but the accents of Chaoshan cities and counties are different, so some people call it Chaoshan dialect.

2. Puning accent is different not only from Shantou, but also from Chaozhou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Chenghai, Raoping and Hailufeng.

These small differences can be ignored by outsiders, and only we know them. People in Chaoshan area speak Chaozhou dialect and Hakka dialect. No matter what accent, Chaozhou dialect is a branch of Minnan dialect, so is Leizhou dialect. It doesn't matter if your Puning dialect is closer to Minnan dialect.

A large part of the residents in Shantou city are from neighboring cities and counties, and some of them are new to Shantou, so they still have local accents. Some people come to Shantou to study and do business, and they can understand the words of different cities and counties in Chaoshan by dealing with them more. Take myself as an example, I can communicate with Puning people, chaozhou people people, Chaoyang people and Chenghai people.

According to the similarity, Chaozhou dialect can be roughly divided into two categories:

Chaozhou includes Chaozhou (Raoping), Shantou (Chenghai, South Australia) and Jieyang.

Tide classes include Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai and Lufeng.

6. Still quoted from Wikipedia: Hanjiang Chaoshan Dialect, also known as Hanjiang Valley Intonation, is a branch of Chaoshan Dialect, a Chinese dialect, and also the common language of Chaozhou Prefecture. Represented by Chaoshan city, it covers the whole Hanjiang River Basin and Huanggang River Basin. Including Jiedong Xiaosi (near Chaoan area), Meizhou Fengshun near Chaoan area, the whole Chaozhou (except Raoping Hakka area), Shantou urban area and Chenghai area. The accent in this area is the most accepted area in Chaoshan area. Most Chaoshan people can understand it, but the accent and rhyme are generally off (the pronunciation ending in m is ignored).

I hope the above contents are helpful to you.