Mai | |
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Maihua | |
邁話 | |
Native to | China |
Region | Hainan ( Sanya) |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
Mai or Maihua ( simplified Chinese: 迈话; traditional Chinese: 邁話; pinyin: Màihuà, meaning 'Mai speech') is a variety of Chinese of uncertain affiliation spoken in the area of 崖县 Yáxiàn ( Sanya) in southern Hainan, China. It was classified as Yue in the Language Atlas of China. Ouyang, Jiang & Zou (2019) consider Mai to be a divergent Yue Chinese variety with Hakka and other mixed influences. There are just over 10,000 speakers of Mai in southern Hainan. [2]
A comprehensive description of Mai was published in a monograph by Ouyang, Jiang & Zou (2019). [2]
Mai speakers refer to themselves as mai¹³nɔn⁵⁵ (迈人). [2]
Jiang et al. (2007) considers Mai to be a mix of Yue Chinese, Hakka- Gan, and Hainanese Min. [1]
Mai is spoken in the following four villages in southern Hainan. [1]
The Utsat language is spoken just to the west of the Mai area. Just to the southwest is Haibo Village (海波村), where Danzhouhua (儋州话) is spoken.
Mai | |
---|---|
Maihua | |
邁話 | |
Native to | China |
Region | Hainan ( Sanya) |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
Mai or Maihua ( simplified Chinese: 迈话; traditional Chinese: 邁話; pinyin: Màihuà, meaning 'Mai speech') is a variety of Chinese of uncertain affiliation spoken in the area of 崖县 Yáxiàn ( Sanya) in southern Hainan, China. It was classified as Yue in the Language Atlas of China. Ouyang, Jiang & Zou (2019) consider Mai to be a divergent Yue Chinese variety with Hakka and other mixed influences. There are just over 10,000 speakers of Mai in southern Hainan. [2]
A comprehensive description of Mai was published in a monograph by Ouyang, Jiang & Zou (2019). [2]
Mai speakers refer to themselves as mai¹³nɔn⁵⁵ (迈人). [2]
Jiang et al. (2007) considers Mai to be a mix of Yue Chinese, Hakka- Gan, and Hainanese Min. [1]
Mai is spoken in the following four villages in southern Hainan. [1]
The Utsat language is spoken just to the west of the Mai area. Just to the southwest is Haibo Village (海波村), where Danzhouhua (儋州话) is spoken.