| Nanlang | |
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| 南蓢話 | |
| Namlong | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Mainly inNanlang, southernGuangdong province. |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | nanl1234 |
 Nanlang dialect, at the eastern edge of Zhongshan City | |
TheNanlang dialect is a variant of theEastern Min Chinese predominantly spoken inNanlang a town withinZhongshan in thePearl River Delta ofGuangdong, China.[4] Despite its close proximity, Nanlang is not very closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region, which belong to theYue group. As such, Nanlang forms a "dialect island" of Min speakers. It is one of three enclaves ofMin in Zhongshan, the others beingLongdu andSanxiang.[5]
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