The Swatow dialect, or in Mandarin the Shantou dialect, is a Chinese dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a dialect of Chaoshan Min language. It is also mutually intelligible to Teochew to a large extent. Phonology Shantou dialect has 18 initials, 61 rimes and 8 tones. Initials Rimes Tones Tone sandhi Shantou dialect has extremely extensive tone sandhi rules: in an utterance, only the last syllable pronounced is not affected by the rules. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below: References Further reading External links Guangdong Southern Min Southern Min-language dialects Shantou Teochew dialect