The Nanlang dialect is a variant of the Eastern Min Chinese predominantly spoken in Nanlang a town within Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, China. Despite its close proximity, Nanlang is not very closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region, which belong to the Yue Chinese. As such, Nanlang forms a "dialect island" of Min speakers. It is one of three enclaves of Zhongshan Min, the others being Longdu dialect and Sanxiang dialect. pp. 1–2.
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