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)
Fangyan Friday: The Northern Influence on Hangzhou’s Dialect
Learn how to speak like a Hangzhou local
Preserving Chinese Dialects One Wikipedia Entry at a Time
The amateurs trying to preserve Chinese dialects via Wikipedia
Fangyan Friday: The Tempestuous Tones of Ningbo
Proximity to the sea has influenced the dialect of this Zhejiang port city
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
Fangyan Friday #9: Elegant Shaoxing
Even insults can sound refined in the dialect of this gentle Zhejiang city
Fangyan Friday #4: Pu-Xian Min
An endangered Fujianese dialect from the birthplace of Mazu, the goddess of mariners
Fangyan Friday #3: The Rap of Sichuanese
TWOC’s guide to the dialect of Deng Xiaoping—and modern Chinese hip-hop
Fangyan Friday #2: The Devil’s Wenzhouhua
Learn some key phrases from the notorious Zhejiang dialect known as the “devil’s language”
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