How many dialects are there in China? What are they?

Most people think that there are seven dialects in modern Chinese. According to the modern popular classification, modern Chinese dialects can be divided into seven dialect areas. Namely Mandarin, Wu dialect, Xiang dialect, Hakka dialect, Min dialect, Cantonese and Gan dialect.

At the same time, in complex dialect areas, some dialects can be further divided into several dialects (also called sub-dialects), and even can be divided into "dialects". Dialects that are clearly located in a place (a city, a county, a town, a village) are called local dialects. Such as Fuzhou dialect, Nanchang dialect, Guangzhou dialect and Changsha dialect.

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Heritage protection

Dialect is a living fossil of culture. Because dialect, as a regional culture, is an organic part of national culture, the more inclusive the culture, the more attractive it is. It is also good to write it into textbooks when necessary and spread dialects through teaching and learning.

Dialect, as a cultural form and carrier rooted in folk culture, has a profound soil of folk culture.

Dialect is impossible to disappear. It is impossible to unify hundreds of millions of people and use Mandarin as the only language tool. The purpose of the country's vigorous promotion of Putonghua is only to promote a communication tool, not to replace dialects as the only language.

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