Leizhou Chinese
Leizhou Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Leizhou or Luichew Min (simplified Chinese: 雷州话; traditional Chinese: 雷州話; pinyin: Léizhōuhuà, [lěɪʈʂóʊ xwâ]) is a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Leizhou city, Xuwen County, Mazhang District, most parts of Suixi County and also spoken inside of the linguistically diverse Xiashan District. 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. Hou Jingyi combined it with Hainanese in a Qiong–Lei (琼雷) group.
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- HainaneseSino-Tibetan58% alike
- Min Nan ChineseSino-Tibetan37% alike
- Pu-Xian ChineseSino-Tibetan36% alike
- Min Dong ChineseSino-Tibetan35% alike
- Hui ChineseSino-Tibetan27% alike
- Min Bei ChineseSino-Tibetan26% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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