I'm not sure if this is allowed, since the info page says "Mandarin," but the community name is 中文, so I suppose I can request this here ( Read more... )

I've often heard that one of the advantages of characters is that any Chinese dialect could be written the same way, even though the dialects may be pronounced totally differently ( Read more... )

大家好~
我在澳大利亚国立大学读书，今年是三年级的学生。 我对中国语言学特别感兴趣，尤其是吴方言，因为在中国所有的方言分类之内，吴语具有最复杂的变调现象。 上个学期我研究了浙江省的台州方言，把500多词用IPA transcribe下来，而且分析了它的巨难变调系统。 有没有这里的人跟我一样喜欢研究中国方言？ 我很愿意听任何人遇到某地方方言的故事或什么的。