Talk:Chinese language/Archive 5

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 * The origin and spread of the Sino-Tibetan language family.png

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 * hello! do you have a question or comment about how to improve the page? Remsense  留  10:09, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Problem with the def of "Chinese dialects"
According to the text of the article, there are multiple versions for the definition of the term "Chinese dialects" which are all acceptable. ("The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be dialects of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered to be separate languages in a family." ) I have no personal preference for any of which, but the fact that Min Chinese have diverged from other branches of Chinese prior to the formation of Middle Chinese is recognized by most scholars and is therefore needed to be specified in the infobox. In addition, if Min Chinese is not considered a Chinese dialect(According to ), all other Chinese dialects mentioned in the article will then need to be removed from the text as well. Hank2530 (talk) 02:44, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * First, you don't have to say "dialect", you could just leave it off. Second, Min is a language family -- call them "dialects" if you like, but there are dozens of them. There is no "Min dialect" either way. I mean, would you claim that the non-Min "dialect" derives from Middle Chinese? Finally, we used to say "all but Min" (if I recall correctly, I was the one who added that claim to begin with), but that was removed because the preponderance of sources does not support the claim. — kwami (talk) 05:45, 16 June 2023 (UTC)