Shatian dialect
Yue Chinese dialect
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Satinese (Saatinwaa in Satinese, Shatianhua in Guoyu) is a dialect of Yue Chinese.[1] It is spoken by roughly half of the population of Chungsan (Zhongshan), Guangdong, in Namtau, Wongpo, Fausa, Manchung, Gonghau, Tungsing, Tungfung, Siulaam, Wanglan, Salong, Panfu, Sanwan and Tanchau.
NativetoSouthern China
Sino-Tibetan
-
Sinitic
- Unclassified (Yue Chinese?)
- Tanka dialect
- Satinese
- Tanka dialect
- Unclassified (Yue Chinese?)
ISO 639-6
stns| Satinese | |
|---|---|
| 沙田話 | |
| Native to | Southern China |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 | stns |
| Glottolog | None |
| Shatian dialect | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 沙田話 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 沙田话 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
It differs from Standard Cantonese. Some subdialects among the Satin dialect are similar to Suntak dialect. Satin Regions in Chungsan are populated with Tanka people and the language is one of the major branches of Tanka dialect.
