KANJI SEMPAI 49 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 The following underrated Non Mandarin Chinese languages (unintelligible to one another) exists Cantonese Shanghainese Wenzhounese There a dozen others etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgottenly 1,881 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I guess technically they are all Chinese/Sinitic languages while Chinese more should refer to the groups of languages. Like Romance languages or Germanic languages~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego ista 1,344 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I guess technically they are all Chinese/Sinitic languages while Chinese more should refer to the groups of languages. Like Romance languages or Germanic languages~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenxuxi 780 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 they're mutually intelligible in writing but yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singnotes 1,628 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Maybe the thread could have been more aptly named, "Chinese isn't one language", but basically yeah, it's a bunch of different dialects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsu curry chips 7,808 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 yasss!!! G.E.M!!!!!!! you're correct in so far chinese is a category within sino-tibetan languages, and also that there are dialects within the category that actually aren't mutually intelligible lemme contribute real quick, amis descendent taiwanese goddess a-lin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holo 1,840 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Usually I say the langauge I refer to when talking to my Chinese friends, but when they talk about language they usually just say Chinese. It always confuses me, but is it a general term for a language originating from China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waycrispy1 3,434 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 written yes, spoken no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun☼Shine 4,273 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 At first, I thought you were trying to start stuff. You're right though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venus in converse ~ 845 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 written yes, spoken noInteresting, it's the opposite case for Hindi and Urdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raosei 445 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Your right, but unfortunately Chinese has become a second name for Manadarin;-; The CCP made it seem like Cantonese, hokkien and all the other languages spoken in China are dialects of Manadarin. I don't believe that they are, but that's how most of the world sees it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capital 855 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Cantonese is quite different, isn't it? Like, Sylheti is almost not Bengali. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KANJI SEMPAI 49 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Cantonese is quite different, isn't it? Like, Sylheti is almost not Bengali. Yes. Cantonese has more tones than Mandarin and closely related to Ancient/Middle Chinese unlike Mandarin which is a Northern Mongol dialect and only became widespread across China during the Ming Dynasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capital 855 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Yes. Cantonese has more tones than Mandarin and closely related to Ancient/Middle Chinese unlike Mandarin which is a Northern Mongol dialect and only became widespread across China during the Ming Dynasty. Oh I didn't know that. Thank you for informing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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