Chinese language variety
C7052
concept
A Chinese language variety is a distinct, historically rooted form of the Chinese language—such as Mandarin, Cantonese, or Shanghainese—characterized by its own phonology, vocabulary, and grammar, and often mutually unintelligible with other such forms.
Aliases (4)
- Chinese dialect ×1
- Chinese language ×1
- Chinese language group ×1
- Sinitic language group ×1
Instances (9)
- Cantonese
- Hakka ("Chinese language")
- Southwestern Mandarin
- Teochew
- Xiang Chinese
- Hokkien language
- Beijing dialect ("Chinese dialect")
- Wu Chinese ("Chinese language group")
- Wu dialects ("Sinitic language group")