Meixian | |
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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, Kayin 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.