The Xiguan dialect, or Sai Kwan dialect (Chinese: 西關話; Jyutping: sai1 gwaan1 waa2), is the prestige dialect of Cantonese originated from Xiguan (Sai Kwan)...
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constructed beside it. Xiguan continues to have a distinctive culture within Guangzhou and some residents speak a distinctive dialect of Cantonese. It now...
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Yuehai Yue (redirect from Guangfu dialect)
Macau dialect Xiguan dialect Wuzhou dialect Tanka dialect Sanyi / Nanpanshun dialects Nanhai dialect Jiujiang dialect Xiqiao dialect Shunde dialect Xiangshan...
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List of varieties of Chinese (redirect from List of Chinese languages and dialects)
The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects. For a traditional dialectological overview, see also varieties of Chinese. "Chinese" is...
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Mandarin Chinese (redirect from Dialect of Mandarin)
Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the...
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Cantonese (redirect from Cantonese dialect)
provenance of the prestige accent of Cantonese: that of the district of Xiguan (西关; 西關; Xīguān; Sai1 Gwaan1) in the west of Guangzhou. It is known for its distinctive...
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Chengdu-Chongqing dialect or Cheng–Yu (Chinese: 成渝; pinyin: Chéng-Yú; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cen2yu2, local pronunciation: [tsʰən˨˩y˨˩]) is the most widely...
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Taihu Wu (redirect from Northern Wu dialects)
Ningbo dialect Hangzhou dialect Suzhou dialect Changzhou dialect Wuxi dialect Jiangyin dialect Qi–Hai dialect Jinxiang dialect Sinolect.org. "Untitled"...
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collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou. The Zhangzhou dialect proper is the...
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Suzhounese (Suzhounese: 蘇州閒話; sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in...
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Gan Chinese (redirect from Gan dialect)
in terms of phonetics. There are different dialects of Gan; the Nanchang dialect is the prestige dialect. Like all other varieties of Chinese, there...
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Chawan dialect (simplified Chinese: 诏安话; traditional Chinese: 詔安話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiàu-an-ōɛ) is a variety of Southern Min spoken in the Chawan (Zhao'an)...
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Beijing dialect (simplified Chinese: 北京话; traditional Chinese: 北京話; pinyin: Běijīnghuà), also known as Pekingese and Beijingese, is the prestige dialect of...
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Weitou dialect (simplified Chinese: 围头话; traditional Chinese: 圍頭話; lit. 'walled (village) language'; Jyutping: wai4 tau4 waa6-2) is a dialect of Yue Chinese...
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The Kunming dialect (simplified Chinese: 昆明话; traditional Chinese: 昆明話; pinyin: Kūnmínghuà) is a dialect of Southwestern Mandarin Chinese. Luo Changpei...
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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...
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The Qingdao dialect is the local dialect of the city of Qingdao and nearby towns, in China's Shandong Province. Often characterized as requiring a "fat...
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linguistic definition Fuzhou is a language and not a dialect (conferring the variety a 'dialect' status is more socio-politically motivated than linguistic)...
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Yue Chinese (redirect from Guangdong dialect)
(Canton), Wuzhou (Ngchow), Hong Kong and Macau, which is the prestige dialect of the group. Taishanese, from the coastal area of Jiangmen (Kongmoon)...
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Hakka Chinese (redirect from Hakka dialect)
dialect Dabu dialect Fengshun dialect Hailu dialect Sixian dialect Raoping dialect Zhaoan dialect Changting dialect Ethnologue reports the dialects of...
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Jiaying dialect and Gayin dialect, is the prestige dialect of Hakka Chinese. It is named after Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong. Sixian dialect (in Taiwan)...
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Xiang Chinese (redirect from Xiang dialect)
at least some tones. The Changsha dialect is usually taken as representative of New Xiang, while Shuangfeng dialect represents Old Xiang. Norman describes...
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Xuanzhou Wu Chinese (redirect from Xuancheng dialect)
Xuancheng dialect is representative. Xuancheng Tong–Jing Tongling dialect Jing County dialect Fanchang dialect etc. Shi–Ling Shitai dialect Lingyang (陵阳)...
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Siyi Yue (redirect from Sze Yup dialect)
one of the most important Chinese dialects in Chinese American communities, is considered a representative dialect. The name "Sze Yup" or "Seiyap" (Chinese:...
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Jin Chinese (redirect from Taiyuan dialect)
proposed, the Jin dialects were universally included within it, mainly because Chinese linguists paid little attention to these dialects at the time. In...
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The Jinan dialect (simplified Chinese: 济南话; traditional Chinese: 濟南話; pinyin: Jǐnánhuà) is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in Jinan in Shandong province...
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The Yongzhou dialect (Chinese: 永州话; pinyin: Yǒngzhōuhuà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese spoken in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Before the Han dynasty, Yongzhou...
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The Ningbo dialect (Chinese: 宁波话/寧波話, 宁波闲话/寧波閒話) is a dialect of Wu Chinese, one subdivision of Chinese language. Ningbo dialect is spoken throughout...
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Chang–Du Gan (redirect from Nanchang Dialect)
南昌话; traditional Chinese: 南昌話; pinyin: Nánchānghuà) after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is named after Nanchang and Duchang...
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The Hangzhou dialect (simplified Chinese: 杭州话; traditional Chinese: 杭州話; pinyin: Hángzhōuhuà, Rhangzei Rhwa) is spoken in the city of Hangzhou, China...
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