Ming Zhang
Member of the Tujia People in Guizhou
mzhang@hawaii.edu
Languages spoken: Chinese Mandarin, Guizhou dialect, English
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Guizhou Dialect Lexicon
Guizhou Dialect
Member of the Sino-Tibetan Language Family
Location: Southwest China, Guizhou
Population: 40 million
Residents: 48 ethnic groups besides Han
Languages: Some minorities speak their own languages and Han people speak the Guizhou dialect.
Official Language: Chinese Mandarin
Languages used in school: Chinese Mandarin & English
Writing system: Chinese
The purpose of this web site is to document the Guizhou dialect.
Xijiang, the largest Hmong village in China
There are some interesting differences between the Guizhou dialect and Chinese Mandarin.
I cannot speak the Tujia language; I spoke Guizhou Dialect in my childhood. I studied Chinese Mandarin when I attended elementary school. I began studying English in middle school. In the future, I would like to learn my own language, Tujia Hua, to keep our traditions and culture alive.