Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Fuzhou dialect (福州話, Foochow Romanized: About this sound Hók-ciŭ-uâ ), also known as Foochow dialect, Hoochew, Fuzhounese, or Fuzhouhua, is considered the standard dialect of Min Dong, which is a branch of Min Chinese mainly spoken in the eastern part of Fujian Province. Native speakers also call it Bàng-uâ (平話), meaning the language spoken in everyday life. In Singapore and Malaysia, the language is known as Hokchiu in Hokkien, Hujiu which is the Min Dong pronunciation of Fuzhou.Like any other Han Chinese dialects e.g. Cantonese, Hokkien, TeoChew, Hakka, Hainanese etc., spoken widely in China and overseas' Chinese globally, the Fuzhou dialect is basically spoken based on the Chinese characters i.e. word by word and had evolved for over thousands of years.In fact, the Fuzhou dialect is much similar to the 'Min-Nan' dialect which in other word, is the Hokkien dialect. It is no wonder that the Fuzhou city is in fact just located next to the city of Xiamen, which consists of the Hokkien speaking community in the Fujian Province.Centered in Fuzhou City, the Fuzhou dialect covers eleven cities and counties: Fuzhou (福州), Pingnan (屏南), Gutian (古田), Luoyuan (羅源), Minqing (閩清), Lianjiang (連江, Matsu included), Minhou (閩侯), Changle (長樂), Yongtai (永泰), Fuqing (福清) and Pingtan (平潭). Fuzhou dialect is also the second local language in northern and middle Fujian cities and counties, like Nanping (南平), Shaowu (邵武), Shunchang (順昌), Sanming (三明) and Youxi (尤溪).Fuzhou dialect is also widely spoken in some regions abroad, especially in Southeastern Asian countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. The city of Sibu in Malaysia is called "New Fuzhou" due to the influx of immigrants there in the late 19th century and early 1900s. Similarly, quite a significantly number of Foochow people had emigrated to Singapore, Taiwan, USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada over the decades.. }
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- Fuzhou_dialect abstract "Fuzhou dialect (福州話, Foochow Romanized: About this sound Hók-ciŭ-uâ ), also known as Foochow dialect, Hoochew, Fuzhounese, or Fuzhouhua, is considered the standard dialect of Min Dong, which is a branch of Min Chinese mainly spoken in the eastern part of Fujian Province. Native speakers also call it Bàng-uâ (平話), meaning the language spoken in everyday life. In Singapore and Malaysia, the language is known as Hokchiu in Hokkien, Hujiu which is the Min Dong pronunciation of Fuzhou.Like any other Han Chinese dialects e.g. Cantonese, Hokkien, TeoChew, Hakka, Hainanese etc., spoken widely in China and overseas' Chinese globally, the Fuzhou dialect is basically spoken based on the Chinese characters i.e. word by word and had evolved for over thousands of years.In fact, the Fuzhou dialect is much similar to the 'Min-Nan' dialect which in other word, is the Hokkien dialect. It is no wonder that the Fuzhou city is in fact just located next to the city of Xiamen, which consists of the Hokkien speaking community in the Fujian Province.Centered in Fuzhou City, the Fuzhou dialect covers eleven cities and counties: Fuzhou (福州), Pingnan (屏南), Gutian (古田), Luoyuan (羅源), Minqing (閩清), Lianjiang (連江, Matsu included), Minhou (閩侯), Changle (長樂), Yongtai (永泰), Fuqing (福清) and Pingtan (平潭). Fuzhou dialect is also the second local language in northern and middle Fujian cities and counties, like Nanping (南平), Shaowu (邵武), Shunchang (順昌), Sanming (三明) and Youxi (尤溪).Fuzhou dialect is also widely spoken in some regions abroad, especially in Southeastern Asian countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. The city of Sibu in Malaysia is called "New Fuzhou" due to the influx of immigrants there in the late 19th century and early 1900s. Similarly, quite a significantly number of Foochow people had emigrated to Singapore, Taiwan, USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada over the decades.".