Alternate Names: Hui, Huizhou
Dialects: Jingzhan, Jixi, Qide, Tunxi, Xiuyi, Yanzhou. Formerly considered part of Jianghuai dialect of Mandarin Chinese ,, but now considered by many a major dialect of Chinese. Dialects reportedly differ greatly from each other. Different from Huizhou dialect of Hakka Chinese ,. A member of macrolanguage Chinese ,.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Han.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,600,000 (2000 census). Jixi dialect: 988,000; Xiuyi dialect: 861,000; Qide dialect: 798,000; Yanzhou dialect: 638,000; Jingzhan dialect: 134,000.
Language Use: All ages. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 91% (2000 census, Han nationality). Highly literate in Chinese and they use that literature.
Writing System: Han (Simplified), Han (Traditional)
Nation of Origin: China