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Speaking Up: Can Social Media Save China’s Dialects?

Content in dialects is booming on social media, but is that enough to save them from extinction?

Siyi Chu (褚司怡)

Aug. 24, 2022

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: Learn Minnanhua, a Global Chinese Dialect

The dialect of the Southern Min region is spoken by 45 million people worldwide (and makes for great pop music)

Huang Shichan (黄仕婵)

June 24, 2022

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: The Northern Influence on Hangzhou’s Dialect

Learn how to speak like a Hangzhou local

Ningyi Xi (席宁忆)

Jan. 14, 2022

DIALECTS

Preserving Chinese Dialects One Wikipedia Entry at a Time

The amateurs trying to preserve Chinese dialects via Wikipedia

Siyi Chu (褚司怡)

Nov. 19, 2021

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: The Tempestuous Tones of Ningbo

Proximity to the sea has influenced the dialect of this Zhejiang port city

Wang Lin (王琳)

Oct. 1, 2021

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Fangyan Friday: The Hybrid Ming Court Dialect of Kunming

'Kunminghua' is a fusion of Ming dynasty official Mandarin and multiple ethnic minority dialects in Yunnan

Anson Zong-Liscum (安森)

July 30, 2021

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #14: Nankinese

For centuries, Nanjing dialect was considered standard Chinese

Aaron Hsueh

July 3, 2020

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Fangyan Friday #13: Historic Henanese

The cradle of Chinese civilization maintains a distinctive dialect

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

May 15, 2020

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Fangyan Friday #12: Hacking Hakka

The dialect of China’s “guest families” is a “living fossil” of ancient Chinese

William Tanza

April 24, 2020

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Fangyan Friday #11: The Wuwei Way

Learn the “do nothing” dialect from Anhui province

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

March 20, 2020

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: Viral Speech

New software aims to help medical teams communicate in dialects in the ongoing coronavirus fight

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Feb. 21, 2020

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #10: Sing-song Shanghaiese

A melodious and hybrid dialect shaped by a city’s storied past

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

Sept. 6, 2019

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