Nanlang dialect
| Nanlang | |
|---|---|
| 南蓢話 | |
| Namlong | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Mainly in Nanlang, southern Guangdong province. |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | nanl1234 |
Nanlang dialect, at the eastern edge of Zhongshan City | |
The Nanlang dialect is a variant of the Eastern Min Chinese predominantly spoken in Nanlang a town within Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, China. Despite its close proximity, Nanlang is not very closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region, which belong to the Yue group. As such, Nanlang forms a "dialect island" of Min speakers. It is one of three enclaves of Min in Zhongshan, the others being Longdu and Sanxiang.