Leizhou Min

Leizhou Min (simplified Chinese: 雷州话; traditional Chinese: 雷州話; pinyin: Léizhōu huà) is a branch of Min Chinese. It is spoken in the Leizhou city and its neighbouring areas on the Leizhou peninsula in the west of Guangdong province. In the classification of Yuan Jiahua, it was included in the Southern Min group, though it has low intelligibility with other Southern Min varieties. In the classification of Li Rong, used by the Language Atlas of China, it was treated as a separate Min subgroup. It is sometimes combined with Hainanese in a Qiong–Lei group.

Phonology

Consonants

Tones

Leizhou has six tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.

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Leizhou

Leizhou (Chinese: 雷州) is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Zhanjiang prefecture-level city.

The city was formerly known as Haikang County (postal: Hoihong); it was upgraded into a city in 1994.

Geography

Leizhou is located at the extreme southwestern end of Guangdong and lies on the Leizhou Peninsula.

Transportation

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