Fuzhou dialect
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The Fuzhou language, also Foochow, Hokchew, Hok-chiu, or Fuzhounese, is the prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the Mindong region of Eastern Fujian Province. Wikipedia
Pronunciation: huʔ˨˩ tsju˥˧ uɑ˨˦˨
Dialects: Matsu
Ethnicity: Fuzhou
Language family: Sino-Tibetan > Sinitic > Chinese > Min > Coastal Min > Eastern Min > Houguan > Fuzhounese
Native speakers: (10 million cited 1994)
Official language in: Matsu Islands, Taiwan (as local language)
Writing system: Chinese characters and Foochow Romanized