The Shuangfeng dialect (simplified Chinese: 双峰话; traditional Chinese: 雙峰話; pinyin: Shuāngfēnghuà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County...

Southwest Mandarin, whereas Old Xiang varieties, represented by the Shuangfeng dialect, retain features such as voiced initials. Min These varieties originated...

Shuangfeng may refer to: Shuangfeng County, of Loudi, Hunan Shuangfeng dialect, dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County Subdistricts Shuangfeng...

at least some tones. The Changsha dialect is usually taken as representative of New Xiang, while Shuangfeng dialect represents Old Xiang. Norman describes...

See Shuangfeng dialect for details. Mao Zedong was a speaker of Old Xiang with his native Shaoshan dialect. [citation needed] The Shuangfeng dialect is...

and the Lower Yangtze, are not mutually intelligible with the Beijing dialect (or are only partially intelligible). Nevertheless, Mandarin as a group...

The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects. For a traditional dialectological overview, see also varieties of Chinese. Proportions...

The Nanjing dialect (simplified Chinese: 南京话; traditional Chinese: 南京話; pinyin: Nánjīnghuà), also known as Nankinese, Nankingese, Nanjingese, Nanjingnese...

Hokkien dialects Dongshan dialect (東山腔; Tang-soaⁿ khioⁿ) Yunxiao dialect (雲霄腔; Ûn-sio khioⁿ) Zhangpu dialect (漳浦腔; Chiuⁿ-phó͘ khioⁿ) Zhao'an dialect (詔安腔;...

levantine dialects (e.g. rural Palestinian) [ʕeːnət͡s] in traditional Najdi and a number of bedouin dialects. [ʕeːnəʃ] or [ʕeːnəs] in some southern dialects in...

Chengdu-Chongqing dialect or Cheng–Yu (Chinese: 成渝; pinyin: Chéng-Yú; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cen2yu2, locally [tsʰən˨˩y˨˩]) is the most widely used branch...

other dialects; the Chenghai dialect (similar to urban Chaozhou dialect) is perceived as "soft", "cute", and "high-pitched"; the Teoyeo dialect is perceived...

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...

Fujian. Amoy Hokkien is the prestige dialect of Hokkien in Fujian, while a majority of Taiwanese speak a dialect called Taiwanese Hokkien or simply Taiwanese...

alternatively romanized in Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisanwa, is a Yue Chinese language native to Taishan,...

Shenyang Mandarin (Chinese: 沈阳话) is a dialect of Northeastern Mandarin used by people in and around Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province and the...

Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. Southern Min dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora...

The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city...

linguistic definition Fuzhou is a language and not a dialect (conferring the variety a 'dialect' status is more socio-politically motivated than linguistic)...

The Kunming dialect (simplified Chinese: 昆明话; traditional Chinese: 昆明話; pinyin: Kūnmínghuà) is a dialect of Southwestern Mandarin Chinese. Luo Changpei...

dialect Dabu dialect Fengshun dialect Hailu dialect Sixian dialect Raoping dialect Zhaoan dialect Changting dialect Ethnologue reports the dialects of...

(Canton), Wuzhou (Ngchow), Hong Kong and Macau, which is the prestige dialect of the group. Taishanese, from the coastal area of Jiangmen (Kongmoon)...

Jiangsu, China. Suzhounese is a dialect of Wu Chinese, and was traditionally considered the Wu Chinese prestige dialect. Suzhounese has a large vowel inventory...

when introduced to foreigners. The Suzhounese variety was the prestige dialect of Wu as of the 19th century, but had been replaced in status by Shanghainese...

Minjiang dialect is especially difficult for speakers of other Mandarin dialects to understand. Sichuanese can be further divided into a number of dialects: Chengdu–Chongqing...

The Amoy dialect or Xiamen dialect (Chinese: 廈門話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-ōe; pinyin: Xiàménhuà), also known as Amoyese, Amoynese, Amoy Hokkien, Xiamenese...

The Weitou dialect or Wai Tau dialect (Jyutping: wai4 tau4 waa2; lit. 'walled (village) language') is a dialect of Yue Chinese. It forms part of the Guan–Bao...

three dialects: Northern Dialect, including dialects spoken in Wenzhou, Ouhai, Yongqiong, Yongjia. Southern Dialect, including Rui'an dialect, Wencheng...

The Harbin dialect (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨话; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱話; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīnhuà) is a variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in and around the...

The Changzhou dialect (Simplified Chinese: 常州话; Traditional Chinese: 常州話; IPA: [z̥ɑŋ.tsei.ɦu] (pronunciation in the Changzhou dialect)), sometimes called...