Saturday, October 4, 2008
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Jiaoliao Mandarin is a dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken on the , from Qingdao to Yantai, and Peninsulas, from Dalian to Dandong, in northeast China.
Harbin dialect
The Harbin dialect refers to the variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in and around the city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province.
Harbin dialect is phonologically close to the Standard Mandarin language, but the dialect itself carries with it strong cultural and regional connotations. Notably, the speakers of Harbin dialect, or more generally Northeastern Mandarin, will be perceived, stereotypically, to be courageous, boisterous, more prone to physical confrontations, and being truthful about one's feelings.
The vocabulary of Harbin Dialect is different from Standard Mandarin for two reasons. One of the sources of the distinct lexical features of the Harbin dialect is the area's colonial Russian influence. The Russian colonial period started in the 1900s, which marked the start of the influx of large amounts of Russian vocabulary, especially neologisms created in Europe and Russia that had never existed in Mandarin. The second source of lexical difference, which is common to all Northeastern Mandarin dialects, is the influence of the area's Manchurian heritage and ancestry. For exact details about the distinctive traits of Northeastern Mandarin please refer to Northeastern Mandarin.
Characteristics
Harbin dialect is phonologically close to the Standard Mandarin language, but the dialect itself carries with it strong cultural and regional connotations. Notably, the speakers of Harbin dialect, or more generally Northeastern Mandarin, will be perceived, stereotypically, to be courageous, boisterous, more prone to physical confrontations, and being truthful about one's feelings.
Vocabulary
The vocabulary of Harbin Dialect is different from Standard Mandarin for two reasons. One of the sources of the distinct lexical features of the Harbin dialect is the area's colonial Russian influence. The Russian colonial period started in the 1900s, which marked the start of the influx of large amounts of Russian vocabulary, especially neologisms created in Europe and Russia that had never existed in Mandarin. The second source of lexical difference, which is common to all Northeastern Mandarin dialects, is the influence of the area's Manchurian heritage and ancestry. For exact details about the distinctive traits of Northeastern Mandarin please refer to Northeastern Mandarin.
Guanzhong dialect
Guanzhong dialect, or ''Guanzhong hua'' 关中话, is a dialect of Zhongyuan Mandarin spoken in Shaanxi Guanzhong, including the city of Xi'an. Since people from Xi'an are considered the prototypical Guanzhong speakers, Guanzhong dialect is sometimes referred to as ''Shaanxi hua'' 陕西话 or ''Xi'an hua'' 西安话. However, the dialects spoken in northern and southern Shaanxi differ substantially from Guanzhong dialect.
Guanzhong is being assimilated by Standard Mandarin, but still retains much grammar and pronunciation of Classical Chinese.
Guanzhong is being assimilated by Standard Mandarin, but still retains much grammar and pronunciation of Classical Chinese.
Dalian dialect
Dalian dialect is the dialect of spoken on the Liaodong Peninsula, including the city of Dalian and parts of Dandong and Yingkou. Dalian dialect shares many similarities with the dialect spoken on Shandong Peninsula across Strait; hence the name Jiao Liao Mandarin . Dalian dialect is notable among Chinese dialects for loanwords from and , reflecting its history of foreign occupation .
Weihai dialect
Weihai dialect is a dialect of spoken in and around the city of Weihai, in eastern Shandong province.
Sze Yup
Sze Yup, Sze Yap, Seiyap or Si Yi are the four counties of Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping and Enping in the Pearl River Delta, in southern Guangdong Province, China. Today these are four of the five county-level cities of the administered from the city of Jiangmen .
The area gave rise to the of Cantonese. Although Sze Yup and Standard Cantonese are both dialects of , they are mutually unintelligible. Therefore Sze Yup emigrants have kept their identity, even among other Cantonese emigrants.
In the 19th century, many people from Sze Yup emigrated to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australasia, North America and South America. The Punti-Hakka Clan Wars also erupted in these counties during this time.
The area gave rise to the of Cantonese. Although Sze Yup and Standard Cantonese are both dialects of , they are mutually unintelligible. Therefore Sze Yup emigrants have kept their identity, even among other Cantonese emigrants.
In the 19th century, many people from Sze Yup emigrated to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australasia, North America and South America. The Punti-Hakka Clan Wars also erupted in these counties during this time.
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