Talk:Weitou dialect

message: A few problems:
#吃：hek7 or hek8? In standard Cantonese, it is hek8. I'm not sure if there's a variation in Waitau. Deryck C. 10:17, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "It is also known as Se Wah (Traditional Chinese: 蛇話 lit. snake language)... "  
The character for 'snake' is actually a incorrect character for the language. The She people or Se-Ch'uk in Cantonese is more properly rendered as 畲族 and their language is 畲話. Traditionally, Chinese linguists have associated the She peoples and language with Hakka - not Cantonese. Dylanwhs 20:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Snake Language" 

message: From my own language/speech of  Shataukok, the following Hakka vocabulary are cognates with those listed under WaiTau words in the article. I've provided the characters that I think best fits the pronunciations with its meanings.
<TABLE>
<TR><TD>
Characters</TD><TD>
English </TD><TD>Pronunciation (IPA) 
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
<TR><TD>
烏 </TD><TD>
extinguished 
</TD><TD>vu33
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
慌 </TD><TD>
afraid </TD><TD>
khɔŋ11
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
乾 </TD><TD>
dried </TD><TD>
kɔn33
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
綯 </TD><TD>
to tie, to fasten </TD><TD>
thau11
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
唔曾 </TD><TD>
not yet </TD><TD>
m33 tshen11
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
求乎 </TD><TD>
as long as, provided that </TD><TD>
khiu11 fu11
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
能太 </TD><TD>
clever </TD><TD>
len11 thai53
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
貓 </TD><TD>
cat </TD><TD>
miau53
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
渠 </TD><TD>
him/her </TD><TD>
ki11
</TD></TR></TABLE>
This is table also appears in my talk page Dylanwhs 23:37, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hakka Expressions listed under WaiTau Words 

message: I suggest the table to be disassociated into a list like this:
;Cantonese
*Waitau: sth
*Hakka: sth
*meaning: sth
Deryck C. 11:20:20, 2005-09-07 (UTC)
:Have revised. :P --K.C. Tang 16:53, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Section cleanup

message: Just wondering if the lead section could be worded a little more clearly: is Waitau all three: a (a) Cantonese variant (b) synonym for Hakka, and (c) term for any non-Standard Cantonese (Guangfu) dialect...or is it only "truly" (a)? It seems that most of the page is dedicated to (a). Perhaps this could be a little clearer. Thanks --Dpr 18:22, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah, i know it sounds a bit confusing, but the fact seems to be that the term is used both in a general and in a specific sense. u can try to clarify it, of course. :P --K.C. Tang 14:34, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I can only clarify if I know what it means. So am I correct, does it mean all three things, (a), (b), and (c)? If the terms has many meanings, it should (can) be stately cleary that this is the case. Thanks --Dpr 01:56, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: as the article states, the genereal meaning is any spoken variant, other than Guangfu, used in the villages of Hong Kong, sometimes even including Hakka (as the She Wah case suggests). we can say it is the "folk" use of the term. The specific meaning is a dialect of Cantonese, which has its distinct phonology, according to some linguists. we can say it is the "linguistic" use of the term. Hope it is clear. :P --K.C. Tang 04:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarification 

message: The following section was originally in the article. However, in retrospect, it looks like original research. It has been moved here for those who may be interested.--K.C. Tang 14:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  vocabulary 

message: Is Waitau dialect mutually intelligible to Standard Cantonese? If the dialects were spoken slowly, can two speakers of the two dialects, understand each other? Homer33 03:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: um... I guess so.--K.C. Tang 09:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: K.C. Tang, are you a Hakka? Homer33 01:40, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: why, the Hakka speaks Hakka, not Waitau. I can only understand some Waitau, not Hakka. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 01:58, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Waitau is listed as one of the Hakka dialects in the list of chinese dialects. If Waitau is not a Hakka language, then the Hakka lists of dialects should be changed. Homer33 04:59, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see, will change that. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 09:21, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Why, you can take a look at the references listed in the article. There are two links and one book, the book (a tome indeed) is not easily available, though. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 03:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Waitau dialect mutually intelligible to Cantonese? 

message: Actually the majority of the original Shenzhen residents ("Shenzhen Natives") spoke Hakka and not "Cantonese". 2A00:23C5:C101:5800:9DE2:10D5:3E2C:D8F (talk) 23:29, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shenzhen residents 

message: I can't be sure if Chow used any Weitou language in films, but he is supposed to be a Hakka person, and he has spoken Hakka in films, as well as Chiuchew speech. 2A00:23C5:C10B:A300:1176:4EC1:D032:10E7 (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chow Yun-fat