Back Chino de Meixian Spanish Dialecte de Meixian French Mòi-yen-fa HAK Dialek Moiyan ID Meixianhua Dutch Meixianhua NB 梅县话 Chinese 梅縣話 ZH-YUE
| Meixian | |
|---|---|
| 梅縣話 | |
| Pronunciation | [moi˩ jan˥ fa˥˧] |
| Native to | Guangdong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia |
| Region | Meixian |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | yuet1238 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-gam |
The Meixian dialect (Chinese: 梅縣話; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mòi-yan-fa; IPA: [moi˩ jan˥ fa˥˧]), also known as Moiyan dialect, as well as Meizhou dialect (梅州話), or Jiaying dialect and Gayin dialect[1], is the prestige dialect of Hakka Chinese. It is named after Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong. Sixian dialect (in Taiwan) is very similar to Meixian dialect.
- ^ Maciver, D. A Chinese-English Dictionary: Hakka-Dialect as Spoken in Kwang-Tung Province.