What is Fuzhou dialect?
The '''Fuzhou dialect''' ({{zh|t=福州話|s=福州话|p=Fúzhōuhuà}}, FR: {{Audio|Cdo fuzhou dialect.ogg|{{sans-serif|Hók-ciŭ-uâ}}}} {{IPA-all|huʔ˨˩ tsiu˥˧ ua˨˦˨}}), also '''Foochow''', '''Hokchew''', '''Hok-chiu''', or '''Fuzhounese''', is [[The Prestige|the prestige]] variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the Mindong region of Eastern [[Fujian|Fujian Province]]. == Fuzhou dialect history == Fuzhou dialect is also a dialect of Mindong. Unlike Minnan dialect, Fuzhou dialects say that there are fewer people. This is mainly because the social development model of Fuzhou and Minnan is different. Therefore, the two languages spread differently. The eastern part of the country is dominated by agriculture, while southern Fujian has a large number of fisheries. Fuzhou dialect is popular in the seven counties of Fuzhou in the eastern part of Fujian, Ningde City and Nanping City, as well as Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore. In addition, Fuzhou dialect is also popular in many Chinese communities in North America, [[South America]], Europe, and Australia. Fuzhou dialect is derived from ancient Chinese and medieval Chinese. Due to the large-scale immigration of Han, Jin and [[Tang Dynasty]], these ancient languages merged into the current Fuzhou dialect. Fuzhou dialect has experienced slow and obvious changes in pronunciation and vocabulary in the last 200 years. In ancient times, Yue people lived along the banks of the Li River. Since the kingdom of Chu destroyed the country, the descendants of the king led some of the subjects to migrate to Fujian and merged with the Yue people into the Yue ethnic group. In 110&nbsp;BC, the Yue dynasty against Han and was settled by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, after which most of the Yue people were moved to the Jianghuai area. During the Western Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Han people entered the shackles for the first time, and merged with the Yue and Yue people. Fuzhou dialect was integrated into the Central Plains dialect. During the Jin Dynasty, th