Culture Unit: Chinese Dialects by Chida Hang

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Culture Unit: Chinese Dialects

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CHINESE DIALECTS

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CULTURE UNIT

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WHAT IS DIALECT?

Dialect is a variety of a language. It can imply the region where a certain person lives and possibly their social status. Along with this, dialects are groups of a much larger and more common language in a country with slight differences in pronunciation, spelling, and pitch/tone.

Dialect is a variety of a language. It can imply the region where a certain person lives and possibly their social status. Along with this, dialects are groups of a much larger and more common language in a country with slight differences in pronunciation, spelling, and pitch or tone.

LIST OF REGIONAL CHINESE DIALECTS:

Putonghua (Mandarin)
Gan/Kan
Xiang
Yue (Cantonese)
Hakka (Keija)
Min (Fujanese)
Wu (Shanghainese)

ADDED DIALECT GROUPS:

Jin
Hui
Pinghua

Hearth of Chinese Dialects

There is no exact origin of the many Chinese dialects in China. The diverse dialects were just simply spoken in their respected regions and it spread through the next couple of generations.