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Teochew Min

Teochew, also known as Teo-Swa, is a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by their diaspora around the world. It is sometimes referred to as Chiuchow, its Cantonese rendering, due to... Wikipedia
Ethnicity: Teochew people
ISO 639-3: (is proposed)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan > Sinitic > Chinese > Min > Coastal Min > Southern Min > Teochew
Native speakers: About 14 million in Chaoshan (2004); more than 5 million overseas
Native to: Chaoshan
Writing system: Chinese characters; Teochew Romanization; Peng'im