Chinese: spoken varieties Categories: Mandarin | Jin | Wu | Hui | Xiang | Gan | Hakka | Yue | Pinghua | Min Danzhouhua | Shaozhou Tuhua | Xianghua. Subcategories of Min: Min Dong | Min Bei | Min Zhong | Pu Xian | Min Nan | Qiong Wen | Shao Jiang: Note: The above is only one classification scheme among many. Comprehensive list of Chinese dialects: Official spoken …

20/10/2015 · As a result, the Xiang dialect has felt substantial impact from Mandarin Chinese, and is more similar to Mandarin than most of the other dialects on this list. 6. Hakka . The Hakka dialect is something of an oddity on this list, as it is spoken primarily in isolated regions with limited communication. For this reason, it has developed several variants that can be quite …

22/03/2003 · There are many Chinese dialects in China, so many that it is hard to guess how many dialects actually exist. In general, dialects can be roughly classified into one of the seven large groups: Putonghua (Mandarin), Gan, Kejia (Hakka), Min, Wu, Xiang, and Yue ( Cantonese ).

The point of all this is that Mandarin is one of many dialects, and it is important to understand the diversity of dialects within China. Linguists have split Chinese into somewhere between seven and ten main language groups—the largest being Mandarin (also known as Northern), Wu, Min, and Yue—and each group also has a number of sub-dialects.

12/11/2020 · 晋语 (jìn yǔ) - Jin (sometimes considered a dialect of Mandarin) 赣语 (gàn yǔ) - Gan (sometimes classified as a variety of Hakka) There are many other notable languages spoken in China including: Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, Zhuang, Bai, …

21/12/2021 · 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.

China has eight major dialect groups: Putonghua (Mandarin), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan and Hakka and many sub-dialects. The language spoken in Beijing is often referred to as Mandarin or Putonghua.