Swatow dialect

Shantou dialect
Swatow
汕頭話/Suan¹tao⁵ uê⁷
Native to	China
Region	Mainly in Shantou, southwestern Guangdong province.
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Coastal Min Southern Min Teo-Swa Teochew Shantou dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	shan1244
Shantou dialect

The Shantou dialect, formerly known as the Swatow dialect, is a dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a sub-dialect of Min Nan Chinese, and sometimes a sub-dialect of Teochew Min.