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Unlike the Language Atlas of China (1987), which aims to map the boundaries of both minority languages and Chinese dialect groups, the new atlas is a collection of maps of various features of dialects, in the tradition of the Atlas linguistique de la France and its successors.
- Mandarin Chinese. Where it’s spoken: China, Taiwan. Number of speakers: ∼1.1 billion. Mandarin, also known as Putonghua, is the official language of China.
- Cantonese Chinese. Where it’s spoken: China’s Guangdong province, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau. Number of speakers: ∼73 million. Though not quite second in terms of speakers, Cantonese is the second most widely spread dialect spoken in China.
- Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) Where it’s spoken: China’s Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Shanghai. Number of speakers: ∼80 million. Used primarily in Shanghai, the Wu Chinese dialect is mostly known as Shanghainese.
- Hakka Chinese. Where it’s spoken: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau. Number of speakers: ∼80 million. The Hakka Chinese dialect is spoken throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Southern China.
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Each map is accompanied by a blue sheet of the same size containing explanatory notes. The atlas is divided into three sections: A. General maps A1 Languages in China; A2 Chinese dialects in China; A3 Ethnic Minorities in China; A4 Minority languages in China; A5 Language distribution (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) B. Maps of Chinese dialects
- S. A. Wurm, Rong Li, Mao-chi Fu, 中国社会科学院
- 1987
Mandarin is one of many dialects of Chinese, and it's important to understand the diversity of dialects across China. NYU Shanghai Junior Kiril Bolotnikov explores the many dialects of China.
Dec 8, 2023 · Officially, there are 302 living languages in China. Depending on your definition of “language” and “dialect,” this number can vary somewhat. The number of speakers of many of China’s minority languages and dialects has decreased in recent years, and some of them are now considered endangered.
Apr 23, 2024 · We identify and map a hierarchy of 10 major Chinese dialect regions, challenging traditional accounts. In addition, we propose a new theory of Chinese dialect formation to account for our findings. Keywords: Chinese dialects; dialectology; dialectometry; geolinguistics; typology. 1 Introduction.
The spoken languages of nationalities that are a part of China belong to at least nine families: Ethnolinguistic map of China. The Sino-Tibetan family: 19 official ethnicities (including the Han and Tibetans) The Tai–Kadai family: several languages spoken by the Zhuang, the Bouyei, the Dai, the Dong, and the Hlai (Li people); 9 official ...
