This is one of the best explainers of Chinese ‘languages vs dialects’ I’ve seen
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This is one of the best explainers of Chinese ‘languages vs dialects’ I’ve seen
I basically understand most Min languages (especially southern ones) and Mandarin; the rest of them not at all
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This is one of the best explainers of Chinese ‘languages vs dialects’ I’ve seen
I basically understand most Min languages (especially southern ones) and Mandarin; the rest of them not at all
@skinnylatte This is neat! Thank you for sharing. (I've lost my Hokkien & Cantonese & my Mandarin was only ever at the basic tourist phrase level.)
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This is one of the best explainers of Chinese ‘languages vs dialects’ I’ve seen
I basically understand most Min languages (especially southern ones) and Mandarin; the rest of them not at all
@skinnylatte Very informative; thanks for posting this. I was aware there's a variety of languages spoken, but this clarifies the scale of it.
I'll admit I've also been wondering for a while whether there's a default assumption I should make when somebody says they speak Chinese or are learning it, so it was helpful for that alone.
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This is one of the best explainers of Chinese ‘languages vs dialects’ I’ve seen
I basically understand most Min languages (especially southern ones) and Mandarin; the rest of them not at all
@skinnylatte
Very nice!I like how she explains the concept "dialect" doesn'tmap to the concept translated as "dialect" in China.
I didn't realize this had a Wikipedia page, but I found "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" a very helpful notion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy -
This is one of the best explainers of Chinese ‘languages vs dialects’ I’ve seen
I basically understand most Min languages (especially southern ones) and Mandarin; the rest of them not at all
@skinnylatte
That was really interesting. Thank you for sharing! -
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