How many dialects are there in China?

Chinese dialects are divided into seven major dialect areas. That is, northern dialects (official dialects are listed as follows; Poor, poor, rubbing, etc. ), Wu dialect, Hunan dialect, Hakka dialect, Min dialect, Cantonese and Gan dialect.

1, northern dialect

Mandarin dialect is the general name of some northern languages defined on the basis of Beijing dialect, that is, the generalized northern dialect. Among the main dialects of Chinese, Mandarin has a prominent position and influence. The northern dialect area centered on Luoyang has always been the political heart of China, so it is called "Mandarin".

2. Wu dialect

Wu dialect is called Wu dialect, also known as Jiangdong dialect, Jiangnan dialect and wuyue dialect. The Zhou Dynasty has a long history of more than 3,000 years and profound connotation. In China, it is distributed in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, southern Anhui, northeastern Jiangxi and northern corner of Fujian, with a population of about 1 100 million. Wu dialect, one of the seven major dialects in China, has an international language code.

3. Hunan dialect

Xiang dialect (/si? 44.ny42/), also known as Xiang dialect or Hunan dialect, belongs to Sino-Tibetan language family and is the main language used by Huxiang people living in Xiangjiang River Basin and its branches. Xiang dialect is divided into new Xiang dialect and old Xiang dialect, represented by Changsha dialect and Shuangfeng dialect.

4. Hakka dialect

Hakka (Hak-k? -ng？ ), referred to as Hakka (Hak-ng? ), is it the main language used by Hakkas of Han nationality? [ 1-2]? , is one of the seven dialects of Chinese.

Hakka dialect is also called Hakka dialect in informal occasions, which can be divided into Meizhou dialect, Huiyang dialect, Huizhou dialect, Heyuan dialect, Gannan dialect and Tingzhou dialect according to different accents. Some areas are also called Shuiyuanyin, Yayu, Xinmin dialect, Moge dialect, Cantonese (Tukan dialect), Huaiyuan dialect, Sixian dialect, Luhai dialect, Raoping dialect, Zhaoan dialect and Pingpo dialect.

5. Min dialect

Min dialect is a language title divided by region, not a language classification. In fact, the five major Chinese dialects referred to by Min Dialect are independent in language, namely, Northern Min Dialect, Southern Min Dialect, Eastern Min Dialect, Chinese Min Dialect and Puxian Dialect.

Minnan dialect is distributed in 24 counties in southern Fujian, Chaoshan area in Taiwan Province Province and Guangdong Province, Leizhou Peninsula in Hainan Province and southern Zhejiang Province, with Xiamen dialect as the representative.

6. Cantonese

Cantonese, also known as Cantonese and Guangfu dialect, is commonly known as vernacular Chinese, and is called Tang dialect overseas. It is one of the seven dialects of Chinese tonal language and Chinese, belongs to Sino-Tibetan language family, and is also the mother tongue of Guangfu people of Han nationality. About 67 million people in Guangdong speak Cantonese, plus about 25 million people in Guangxi, 7 million people in Hong Kong, 550,000 people in Macau, 5 million people in Thailand, 5 million people in Singapore and Malaysia, 2 million people in the United States and Canada, and about 654.38+0.2 billion people in the world speak Cantonese.

7. Gan dialect

Gan dialect is one of the seven major dialects of Chinese in China, commonly known as "Jiangxi dialect", and it is the main language used by Jiangyou people. Most users are in Jiangxi Province, mainly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of Ganjiang River, Fuhe River Basin, Poyang Lake Basin and its surrounding areas, eastern Hunan and northwestern Fujian, southwestern Anhui, southeastern Hubei and southwestern Hunan. In addition, there are a few Gan-speaking islands in Zhejiang and Shaanxi.

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