Danzhou dialect
The Danzhou dialect (), locally known as Xianghua (), is a Chinese variety of uncertain affiliation spoken in the area of Danzhou in northwestern Hainan, China. It was classified as Yue in the "Language Atlas of China", but in more recent work is treated as an unclassified southern variety. Varieties. Regional varieties are Bei'an 北岸音, Shuinan 水南音, Zhoujia 昼家音, Shanshang 山上音, Haitou 海头音, and Wuhu 五湖音. Distribution. The Danzhou dialect is spoken in the following areas of Hainan (Hainan 1994:253).