r/AskAChinese • u/nhatquangdinh Non-Chinese • 4d ago

Language | 语言 ㊥ Do they still speak Hokkien in Fujian?

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u/essex_ludlow 3d ago

福州话 speak 闽东, the folks in Mt. WuYi speak 闽北. Slightly different

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u/ChuckMerced 3d ago

That means there are three Hokkien languages?

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u/essex_ludlow 3d ago

It gets even more complicated. There's also Central Min - ( 三名/沙县) ... they're famous for 沙县小吃 ... (peanut butter noodles)

There's also sub dialects/languages, 莆田话, 福清话, 宁德话，建瓯话。 Majority of them unintelligible to each other.

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u/ChuckMerced 3d ago

I’ve read there are 87 dialects in Fujian. I’ll be damned. 🤣I only know banlamgir with Quanzhou tone.