• Taz is a dialect of Northeastern Mandarin formerly spoken by the Taz people of the Russian Far East. There are a few loanwords from Tungusic languages...
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    urban areas. In the 2010 Russian census the number of Taz in Russia dropped to 274. The Taz dialect is Northeastern Mandarin, with minor influence from...
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    an extensive dialect continuum whose ends are no longer mutually intelligible. The three main varieties are the Taz (Northern) dialect (тазовский диалект...
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    Hokkien (redirect from Hokkien (dialect))
    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;...
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    the dialects of the Maltese language is the Żejtun dialect (Standard Maltese: Djalett taż-Żejtun or Żejtuni; Żejtun Maltese: Żejtewni). This dialect is...
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    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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  • 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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    Hakka Chinese (redirect from Hakka dialect)
    Jiaoling dialect Dabu dialect Fengshun dialect Hailu dialect Sixian dialect Raoping dialect (a.k.a. Shangrao) Zhaoan dialect Changting dialect Ethnologue...
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    including Jilin dialect and Shenyang dialect, has a zero initial in these words, as in Beijing. Hā–Fù (哈阜) in the west, including Harbin dialect and Changchun...
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    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...
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    (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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    Teochew Min (redirect from Chaozhou dialect)
    other dialects; the Chenghai dialect (similar to urban Chaozhou dialect) is perceived as "soft", "cute", and "high-pitched"; the Teoyeo dialect is perceived...
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    languages of the Soviet Union consist of hundreds of different languages and dialects from several different language groups. In 1922, it was decreed that all...
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  • Taishanese (redirect from Toisanese dialect)
    Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisan-wa, is a Yue Chinese dialect native to Taishan, Guangdong. Although related...
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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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    eastern Guangdong. Standard Chinese takes its phonology from the Beijing dialect, with vocabulary from the Mandarin group and grammar based on literature...
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    Wu Chinese (redirect from Wu dialect)
    Suzhou dialect Ningbo dialect Hangzhou dialect Huzhou dialect Wuxi dialect Changzhou dialect Jiangyin dialect Qi–Hai dialect Jinxiang dialect Taizhou...
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  • sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6; [səu˥.tsøʏ˥.ɦɛ˨˨˦.ɦo˨˧˩]), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in...
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    The Amoy dialect or Xiamen dialect (Chinese: 廈門話; pinyin: Xiàménhuà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-ōe), also known as Amoyese, Amoynese, Amoy Hokkien, Xiamenese...
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    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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    Hoklo Min (redirect from Lufeng dialect)
    themselves as Hailok, separate from the Teochews. Differences from Teochew dialect proper include the preservation of the final codas -t and -n, which are...
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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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    spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be dialects of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means...
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    Mandarin (Chinese: 上江官话; pinyin: Shàngjiāng Guānhuà), is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in much of Southwestern China, including in Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing...
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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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    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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    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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    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...
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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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  • The Meixian dialect (Chinese: 梅縣話; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mòi-yan-fa; IPA: [moi˩ jan˥ fa˥˧]), also known as Moiyan dialect, as well as Meizhou dialect (梅州話), or Jiaying...
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