Many Chinese dialects are at least as different from each other as the Romance languages are, which should classify them as separate languages. However, for now they are almost universally described as dialects, and since most of them are spoken locally and not taught, there is no real way to teach it but aurally, or through immersion.

Mar 31, 2020 · Wu dialects are prevalent around the Yangtze delta and Shanghai. For example, Shanghainese is one of them. Gan is commonly spoken in and near a western province of China-Jiangxi. Xiang, also a southern dialect, is mainly spoken in Hunan. Each dialect is part of the Chinese language family. However, Mandarin Chinese is the main dialect.

10. Pinghua Chinese and other unclassified dialects. Pinghua Chinese (平话 Pínghuà) is mainly spoken by people in parts of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Since the number of speakers is quite small, it, like Huizhou Chinese, is often not included on lists of Chinese varieties.