| Swatow dialect | |
|---|---|
| Shantou | |
| 汕頭話 Suan¹tao⁵ uê⁷ | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Mainly in Shantou, southeastern Guangdong province. |
Early forms | |
| Peng'im | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | shan1244 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-jif |
 Shantou dialect | |
The Swatow dialect, or in Mandarin the Shantou dialect, is a Chinese dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a dialect of Chaoshan Min language.[4] It is similar to and largely mutually intelligible with the Teochew dialect.
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