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topolect — top·o·lect (tŏpʹə lĕkt ) n. A set of similar dialects constituting any of the larger distinct regional varieties of a language. For example, Mandarin Chinese is a topolect that includes the dialects of Beijing and Nanjing, and is distinct from… … Universalium
Fangyan — The Fāngyán (zh cw|c=方言|w= Fang yen ; literally meaning regional speech ), edited by Yang Xiong, was the first Chinese dictionary of dialectal terms. The full title is Yóuxuān shǐzhĕ juédài yǔ shì biéguó fāngyán (輶軒使者絕代語釋別國方言) Dialect words of… … Wikipedia
Varieties of Chinese — Chinese Geographic distribution: mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore and other areas with historic immigration from China. Linguistic classification: Sino Tibetan Sinitic … Wikipedia
Chinese dictionary — Chinese dictionaries date back over two millennia to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which is a significantly longer lexicographical history than any other language. There are hundreds of dictionaries for Chinese, and this article will introduce some… … Wikipedia
dialects — Two levels of linguistic variation within Chinese are referred to as fangyan, usually translated ‘dialect’ but preferentially now following Victor Mair as ‘topolect’, ‘language of a place’. At one level, linguists identify eight sometimes seven… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Lower Yangtze Mandarin — Xiajiang Guanhua Spoken in Huai and Yangzi Rivers Language family Sino Tibetan Chinese … Wikipedia
Chinese language — Unless otherwise specified, Chinese texts in this article are written in (Simplified Chinese/Traditional Chinese; Pinyin) format. In cases where Simplified and Traditional Chinese scripts are identical, the Chinese term is written once. Chinese… … Wikipedia
Dialect — This article is about dialects of spoken and written languages. For dialects of programming languages, see Dialect (computing). For the literary device, see Eye dialect. The term dialect (from the Greek Language word dialektos, Διάλεκτος) is used … Wikipedia
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Colloquialism — A colloquialism is a word or phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics.[1] Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq … Wikipedia
