• Weihai is a Jiao-Liao dialect of Mandarin spoken in and around the city of Weihai, in eastern Shandong province. There are observable differences in how...
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    Liaoyang.) Yantai dialect[citation needed] Dalian dialect Weifang dialect Weihai dialect Dandong dialect Qingdao dialect Rizhao dialect Margaret Mian Yan...
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    Weihai (Chinese: 威海; pinyin: Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei (Chinese: 威海卫; pinyin: Wēihǎiwèi; lit. 'Mighty Sea Fort'), is a prefecture-level city and major...
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    Shandong (redirect from Shandong dialect)
    the Weihai Dialect. When people speak of the "Shandong dialect" (山東話), it is generally the first or the second that is meant; the Jiao Liao dialects of...
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  • parts of Dandong and Yingkou. The Dalian dialect shares many similarities with the Yantai dialect and Weihai dialect spoken on Shandong Peninsula (Jiaodong...
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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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    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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    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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    Jin Chinese (redirect from Taiyuan dialect)
    proposed, the Jinnish dialects were universally included within it, mainly because Chinese linguists paid little attention to these dialects at the time. In...
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    Min Chinese (redirect from Min dialect)
    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...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Southern Min (redirect from Minnan dialect)
    Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. Southern Min dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora...
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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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    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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    Hainanese (redirect from Hainan dialect)
    Wenchang dialect being the prestige dialect, and often used as a reference. Below is a table for the consonants of Hainanese across the dialects of Wenchang...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Jilu Mandarin (redirect from Hopei dialect)
    Mandarin, formerly known as Beifang Mandarin "Northern Mandarin", is a dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei (冀, Jì) and...
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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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