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Does anyone play mahjong? How to say Chaoshan dialect

Chaoshan dialect generally refers to Chaozhou dialect.

Chaozhou dialect used to be called "Chaozhou dialect", but now it is generally called "Chaoshan dialect", also known as Chaoshan dialect. It is a branch of Minnan dialect, with Shantou dialect as the standard pronunciation, which is popular in Fujian dialect in eastern Guangdong. The number of people who use Chaozhou language is about 6.5438+million. Together with overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, the number of people who use Chaozhou is about 25 million.

Chaozhou dialect is one of the remains of ancient Chinese in China, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin period before the Tang Dynasty, and it is also one of the oldest official languages in China. Chaozhou dialect has initials 18, finals 6 1 and 8 tones. Many ancient sounds, characters, words and tones that are not found in modern Chinese (Mandarin) are preserved. Known as the "living fossil of ancient Chinese", it has important linguistic research value.