What are the eight major Chinese dialects?

China's eight major dialects:

I. Northern dialects. Customarily known as "official language". There are Northeastern Mandarin, Northwestern Mandarin, Jinhua, and Southwestern Mandarin.

Two, Wu dialect. Wu dialect is known as "Wu Nong fine language", represented by the Shanghai dialect (one said to be represented by the Suzhou dialect).

Third, Xiang dialect. The Changsha dialect, represented by the Changsha dialect, is distributed in most parts of Hunan province, and its population accounts for about 5% of the total number of Han Chinese.

Four: Gan dialect. The Nanchang dialect, represented by the Nanchang dialect, is mainly distributed in Jiangxi Province (except for the eastern part along the river and the southern part) and the southeastern part of Hubei Province, and its population accounts for about 2.4% of the total number of Han Chinese.

V. Hakka dialect. Represented by the Guangdong Meixian dialect, it is mainly distributed in the eastern, southern and northern parts of Guangdong Province, southeastern Guangxi, western Fujian Province, southern Jiangxi Province, and a few areas in Hunan and Sichuan, with a population of about 4% of the total number of Han Chinese.

Sixth, northern Fujian dialect. Represented by the Fuzhou dialect, distributed in the northern part of Fujian Province and part of Taiwan Province, the Nanyang overseas Chinese also have a part of the people speak the northern Fujian dialect. The population accounts for about 1.2% of the total number of Han Chinese.

Seven, southern Fujian dialect. Represented by the Xiamen dialect, distributed in the southern part of Fujian Province, the eastern part of Guangdong Province and part of Hainan Province, as well as most of Taiwan Province. The overseas Chinese in the South China Sea also have a lot of people speak the southern Fujian dialect, the use of the population accounted for about 3% of the total number of Han Chinese

eight, Cantonese dialect. Represented by the Guangzhou dialect, distributed in most parts of Guangdong Province and southeastern Guangxi. Hong Kong, Macao compatriots and overseas Chinese in Nanyang and some other countries, most of them speak Cantonese, and the population accounts for about 5% of the total number of Han Chinese.

Expanded information:

culture

1. Dialect is a unique national culture, each place has its own unique dialect, which has been passed down for thousands of years and has a rich cultural heritage? .

2. People have begun to consciously protect history and culture, such as the protection of the national essence of Peking Opera and the protection of traditional national festivals.

3. While it is important to popularize Putonghua, we should not abandon the dialect and the national art.

4. China is a multi-ethnic country with 56 nationalities and a vast territory. Respect for the various nationalities and local people is a necessary condition to ensure the unity of the motherland, respect for the people, first of all, to respect their culture.

5, Mandarin as a tool for communication between people, the popularization of the important, while the dialect as culture and art, contains a strong national character, should also be protected, the two are not contradictory.

6, to some extent, the dialect is more representative of regional cultural characteristics, dialect is a social phenomenon.

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