What are the top five dialects in China?

Mandarin dialect has its prominent position and influence. The northern dialect area centered on Luoyang has always been the political heart of China, so it is called "Mandarin". Putonghua, which was popularized throughout the country, was developed on the basis of "Beijing Mandarin". Mandarin dialect has a strong internal consistency and the widest distribution, and its population accounts for about 73% of the total population of Han nationality.

2. Cantonese:

Cantonese, with the Pearl River Delta as the distribution center, is used in Guangdong, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao in China, as well as Chinese communities in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and some countries in Southeast Asia. It is the official language of Hong Kong and Macao. The number of users exceeds 1 100 million, mostly in Guangdong and Guangxi.

3. Wu dialect

Wu dialect: Also known as Jiangdong dialect, Jiangnan dialect and wuyue dialect. The Zhou Dynasty has a long history of nearly 3000 years and profound connotation. In China, it is distributed in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, southern Anhui, northeastern Jiangxi and northern corner of Fujian, with a population of more than 90 million.

4. Min dialect

Min dialect is a dialect with the most complicated language phenomenon and the biggest internal difference among the seven major Chinese dialects. Number of users: Fujian, Guangdong coastal plain, Taiwan Province and Hainan provinces, southern Zhejiang province, Jiangxi province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Jiangsu province, with a population of about 80 million.

5. Hakka:

Hakka dialect is mainly used in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Hainan, Zhejiang, Chongqing and parts of Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong. The main areas are eastern and northern Guangdong, southwestern Guangxi, southwestern Jiangxi and western Fujian. The Guangdong-Fujian-Jiangxi border region is the most concentrated area of Hakkas. Hakka dialect is also huge, with a total population of over 70 million in the world.

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