Huizhou Chinese - Dialects

Dialects

Hui can be divided into five dialects:

• Jixi-Shexian, spoken in Jixi, She County, Huizhou, Jingde, and Ningguo, Anhui province, as well as Chun'an, Zhejiang province
• Xiuning-Yixian, spoken in Tunxi, Taiping, Xiuning, Yi County, and Qimen, as well as Wuyuan, Jiangxi province
• Qimen-Dexing, spoken in Qimen and Dongzhi, Anhui province, as well as Fuliang, Dexing, and Wuyuan, Jiangxi province
• Yanzhou, spoken in Chun'an and Jiande, Zhejiang province
• Jingde-Zhanda, spoken in Jingde, Qimen, Shitai, Yi County, and Ningguo, Anhui province

Dialects of Huizhou Chinese differ from village to village. People in different villages (even in one county and township) often cannot speak with one other.