Do you think the dialect in your hometown will disappear?

When I first came to Shanghai from my hometown to go to college, I was afraid to speak for almost a month because I didn't understand Shanghainese and couldn't speak Mandarin. ? The elders who said this had already taken root in Shanghai, and the dialect they spoke at home also had the flavor of soft Wu Nong. Dialect, which records where we come from and where we live, hides a history of China immigrants.

So far, Time has screened out seven Chinese languages we use: Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Xiang and Min.

Map of Chinese dialects in China. Figure/China Language Atlas

Mandarin? ? Dialect.

Today, Mandarin spoken all over the country comes from northern Mandarin. Rumor has it? By one vote, Cantonese was elected as Mandarin? Legend of the Republic of China. But in fact, the Mandarin we speak today cannot be decided by one vote.

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Putonghua based on northern dialects was established at the National Government Conference in 19 13. Geographically, at that time, more than three-quarters of the people in Chinese-speaking areas spoke northern dialects. From Heilongjiang and Xinjiang in the north to Yunnan and Guizhou in the south, Putonghua, which evolved from history, could also be exchanged among provinces and cities. In terms of population, the population of northern dialects is more than 800 million, accounting for more than 70% of the population of China.

The territory of Wu language under the killing of North and South

Crossing the Yangtze River, every time you go south, you will find that the people there are really hard to understand. However, through the evolution of Wu dialect, we can see the footsteps of China northerners moving south.

Today, only southern Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang are left in the territory of Wu dialect area, but the ancient Wu dialect area is much larger than today, and parts of northern Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi have been included in its own dialect map. This change originated from the northward migration during the war, which caused the division of Wu dialect.

China Chinese Dialect Map/Chinese Atlas

Although Nanjing is located in southern Jiangsu, its accent is very different from that of southern Jiangsu Wuyin. This differentiation can be traced back more than 700 years to/kloc-0. ? Yongjia Rebellion? At that time, northerners crossed the Huaihe River in succession. After the Eastern Jin Dynasty established its capital in today's Nanjing, intellectuals and famous families moved south one after another, which also brought northern mandarin. They assimilated the Nanjing accent, and Wu dialect was further withdrawn to the south.

The Anshi Rebellion (755 -763) was the climax of the second northward movement in history. During the Tianbao period (742-756), northern immigrants from Suzhou accounted for 20% to 30% of the population. But fortunately, there are many aborigines, and Suzhou still retains Wu dialect.

Under the Jingkang Rebellion, the Song Dynasty moved its capital to Hangzhou again. Different from the fate of Nanjing, Hangzhou once held its own territory of Wu dialect, but today you can find the shadow of northerners in the accent of Hangzhou people. Like personal pronouns in the northern system? You, me and him? And Hua Er Yin, which bothers southerners.