Changtai Dialect
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in southern
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. It is located just outside the Zhangzhou's central urban area.


Local Dialect

The one and only local dialect of Changtai District is
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, which is spoken with a unique Changtai accent that falls under the Zhangzhou Hokkien accent umbrella, but bears significant differences in pronunciation of certain Chinese characters from the well-known Zhangzhou city accent.


Climate


Administrative divisions

Towns: *Wu'an (), Yanxi (), Chenxiang (), Fangyang () The only township is Banli Township ()


References

County-level divisions of Fujian Zhangzhou {{Fujian-geo-stub