The Longdu dialect is the most widespread dialect of the Zhongshan Min (Chungsan Min) language division withinSouthern Min Chinese. Native Speakers originated from towns of Dachong and Shaxi, Guangdong(formerly known as Longdu area) in Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong. Despite its close proximity, Longdu is not very closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region, which belong to the Yue group. As such, Longdu forms a “dialect island” of Min speakers (two other Min enclaves exist in Zhongshan, Sanxiang and Nanlang).

[ Location of Zhongshan within Southeast China ]