Difference between revisions of "Dialect"

 
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# A regional variation of [[standard Chinese]], such as the Chinese spoken in Beijing, or Shanghai, or Chengdu, or Taipei.
 
# A regional variation of [[standard Chinese]], such as the Chinese spoken in Beijing, or Shanghai, or Chengdu, or Taipei.
# The traditionally spoken language of a region of Greater China, AKA topolect or 方言 (fāngyán), which may or may not be mutually intelligible with standard Mandarin.
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# The traditionally spoken language of a region of Greater China, AKA ''topolect'' or 方言 (fāngyán), which may or may not be mutually intelligible with standard Mandarin.
  
 
Local dialects will affect the Mandarin used in a particular region, and so it is important for a learner to have some understanding of the features of the local dialect. See also Mandarin [[accent]]s.
 
Local dialects will affect the Mandarin used in a particular region, and so it is important for a learner to have some understanding of the features of the local dialect. See also Mandarin [[accent]]s.
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* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese Varieties of Chinese]
 
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese Varieties of Chinese]
 
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_national_standards_of_Chinese Comparison of national standards of Chinese]
 
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_national_standards_of_Chinese Comparison of national standards of Chinese]
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* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2423 Dialect or Topolect?]

Latest revision as of 01:18, 14 April 2015

Also known as: topolect and 方言 (fāngyán).

The word "dialect," as applied to Chinese, is likely to have one of two main meanings:

  1. A regional variation of standard Chinese, such as the Chinese spoken in Beijing, or Shanghai, or Chengdu, or Taipei.
  2. The traditionally spoken language of a region of Greater China, AKA topolect or 方言 (fāngyán), which may or may not be mutually intelligible with standard Mandarin.

Local dialects will affect the Mandarin used in a particular region, and so it is important for a learner to have some understanding of the features of the local dialect. See also Mandarin accents.

See also