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Xinhui dialect

The Xinhui dialect,alternatively romanized in Cantonese and local dialect as Sunwuinese, is a Yue Chinese language native to the speakers in and around Xinhui, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, as well as in overseas communities where Xinhui people live. It is also one of the representative dialects of the Siyi Yue, with the Huicheng accent as the standard pronunciation.

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Xinhui dialect
Native toChina, Malaysia
RegionSze Yup, the Pearl River Delta; Ipoh, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Xinhui dialect
Traditional Chinese新會話
Simplified Chinese新会话
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnhuì huà
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSānwuih wá
JyutpingSan1 wui6 waa2

The Xinhui dialect (simplified Chinese: 新会话; traditional Chinese: 新會話; pinyin: Xīnhuì huà; Jyutping: san1 wui6 waa2),alternatively romanized in Cantonese and local dialect as Sunwuinese, is a Yue Chinese language native to the speakers in and around Xinhui, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, as well as in overseas communities where Xinhui people live.123 It is also one of the representative dialects of the Siyi Yue, with the Huicheng accent as the standard pronunciation.

Sub-dialect

The new Huihua can be divided into the Huibei Sub-region, the Huizhong Sub-region, and the Huinan Sub-region.

References

References

  1. "广东最难听懂的方言,你能听懂几种?新会话竟然排第……" [How many of the hardest dialects in Guangdong Province do you comprehend? The Xinhui dialect is surprisingly going up in the ranks……]. The Paper (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai United Media Group. 2018-07-08. Archived from the original on 2020-07-02.
  2. Ōu (欧), Jìlín (济霖) (2004). Chén (陈), Hànzhōng (汉忠) (ed.). 新会史志丛书第1册:新会华侨华人史话 [Xinhui History Series, Volume 1: Stories of Chinese Overseas Compatriots in Xinhui] (in Chinese). China County and Town Almanac Press (中国县镇年鉴社). p. 77.
  3. 新会县志 [Annals of Xinhui County] (in Chinese). Organized by Xinhui County Local Chronicle Compilation Committee (新会县地方志编纂委员会). Guangzhou: Guangdong People's Publishing House. 1995. p. 1091.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)