Shatian dialect

Shatian dialect
Shatian dialect
Traditional Chinese	沙田話
Simplified Chinese	沙田话
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shatianhuà
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Saa1 tin4 waa6-2

Satinese
Satinese
沙田話
Native to	Southern China
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Unclassified (Yue Chinese?) Tanka dialect Satinese; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	stns
Glottolog	None

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.

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.

References

^ Sousa, Hilário de (2022-03-25). "On Pinghua and Yue: Some Historical and Linguistic Perspectives". Crossroads. 19 (2): 257–295. doi:10.1163/26662523-bja10004. ISSN 2190-8796.

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[1] Sousa, Hilário de (2022-03-25). "On Pinghua and Yue: Some Historical and Linguistic Perspectives". Crossroads. 19 (2): 257–295. doi:10.1163/26662523-bja10004. ISSN 2190-8796.

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