Sanxiang dialect

Sanxiang (in Cantonese Samheung, in the language itself Sahiu) is a Min variety of Southern Min^[4][5][6] Chinese mostly spoken in Sanxiang in Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, China.^{[7][failed verification]} Despite its close proximity, Sanxiang is not very closely related to the surrounding dialects in the region, which belong to the Yue group, and thus forms a "dialect island" of Min speakers. It is one of three enclaves of Min in Zhongshan, the others being Longdu and Nanlang.^[4][5]

Sanxiang
三鄉話
Sahiu
Native to	China
Region	Mainly in Sanxiang, southern Guangdong province.
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Coastal Min Southern Min (Zhongshan Min) Sanxiang
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese[a] Proto-Min
Writing system	Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	sanx1234
Sanxiang dialect, at the southern periphery of Zhongshan City

Notes

1. Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.^[1][2][3]