Chinese spoken language

The Chinese spoken language(s) comprise(s) many regional variants. Although the English word dialect is often used to translate the Chinese term fangyan (方言), the differences between the major spoken variations of Chinese are such that they are mutually unintelligible.

Related Topics:
Dialect - Chinese

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See Is Chinese a language or a family of languages? for the debate on whether the variations of spoken Chinese should be considered "dialects" or "languages".

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