Dialects

We must draw attention to the distribution of this form in those dialects.

The linguist is fluent in several Chinese dialects.

What we call 'Standard English' is only one of the many dialects spoken all over the world.

Strictly speaking, Chinese consists of hundreds of dialects.

In many dialects of English, the letter Z is pronounced "zed", not "zee".

The Kansai dialects are said to have a "sing-song" quality because their pitch accents differ from standard Japanese, which comes from the Tokyo dialect.

Shanghainese is actually a kind of pidgin, based on Wu dialects, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, and English loanwords.

If you want to sound like a native speaker, it's easier if you choose one dialect and stick with it. Native speakers don't usually mix dialects in everyday speaking.

The more countries a language is spoken in, the less important it is to sound like a native speaker, since speakers of that language are accustomed to hearing various dialects.

The various dialects of China are what 'Chinese' really is.