Characteristics and historical evolution of fuzhou dialect.

Fuzhou dialect belongs to the branch of Chinese Min dialect and is the representative of the sub-dialects in eastern Fujian. It occupies an important position in all major Chinese language families. One of the eight major dialects of Chinese, stereotyped in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, occupies an important position in Fujian dialect. Fuzhou dialect has many sources. Its bottom layer should be the language of the ancient Min and Yue nationalities. Early immigrants before Wei and Jin Dynasties brought ancient Wu dialect and ancient Chu dialect, and ancient Chinese and middle Chinese also obviously remained in Fuzhou dialect.

Fuzhou dialect is mainly used in the middle and lower reaches of Fujian Minjiang River Basin (including its tributaries Dazhangxi and Gutianxi) to the estuary, covering 1 1 counties and cities, namely Gutian, Pingnan, Minhou, Yongtai, Minqing, Changle, Fuqing, Pingtan, Luoyuan, Lianjiang and Fuzhou. The user population is about 6.4 million. Due to immigration in recent decades, the population of Fuzhou dialect in the United States has also exceeded several hundred thousand. If we go back to 100 years ago, there were 1 million people using Fuzhou dialect in Shiwu City, Sarawak, Malaya. Fuzhou people call Fuzhou dialect Pinghua.