jiao huan lang

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johnny

jiao huan lang

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Does anyone have information about this clan of hokkien called Jiao huan or Jiao An? Kam siah.
Casey

Re: jiao huan lang

Post by Casey »

Hi, Johnny

Jiao An (or Zhao An in Mandarin) in Chinese characters is 诏安。It is a county in the Fujian Province. It is situated at the southern end of the province adjacent to Yao-Ping (Raoping) County (Teochew speaking) of the Guangdong Province. The dialect spoken there is considered to be the Ciangciu (Zhangzhou) accent but it is also a bit similar to the Teochew dialect. Btw, it is the home town of Mr. Chen Shui-Bian (a Khe or Hakka) of Taiwan.

Casey
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