What is the most difficult Chinese dialect to learn? Why?

Wenzhou dialect ranks first among the ten most difficult dialects in China. [ 1]

It is said that in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, because of the need for confidentiality, the Eighth Route Army sent two Wenzhou people to contact each other by telephone or walkie-talkie, but the Japanese intelligence department has never been able to translate this Wenzhou dialect with extremely complicated pronunciation.

Second: Minnan language

It is said that Minnan dialect originated in the Yellow River and Luoshui Valley, moved to southern Fujian in the Western Jin, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties, and originated in Quanzhou, Fujian.

The word "Minnan dialect" has broad and narrow meanings. In a broad sense, it refers to the collection of Minnan languages, and in a narrow sense, it only refers to the Minnan languages of Fujian and Taiwan Province. Scholars in Taiwan Province Province and the West believe that it is a language, belonging to the Min branch of Sino-Tibetan language family.

Third: Cantonese.

Cantonese, rooted in the elegance of the ancient Central Plains, with nine tones and six tones, perfectly retains the characteristics of ancient Chinese, and is also the most complete language that retains Middle Chinese. In academic circles, apart from Mandarin, it is the only China language that has independent research in foreign universities.

Fourth: Hakka dialect

It is generally believed that Hakka dialect was originally formed in the Southern Song Dynasty and was not named as Hakka dialect until the 20th century. Linguists still have some arguments about whether to classify it as a Chinese dialect or language. Especially in China, it is considered as one of the seven dialects of Chinese.

Distribution map of Hakka dialects

Fifth: Minnan dialect-Leizhou dialect.

The pronunciation of Leizhou dialect is very similar to Thai, and most locals who can speak Leizhou dialect can understand Thai.

Sixth: Mindong dialect.

There are 18 cities and counties in the eastern Fujian language area, which roughly includes the territory of Fuzhou and Funing in history. This area once belonged to Fuzhou Road in the early Yuan Dynasty. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), Fuzhou Road was changed to Fuzhou House, which governed Fuzhou and 13 counties, equivalent to the scale of modern 18 counties and cities. Nine years of Ming Chenghua (1473)

Seventh: Wu dialect-Suzhou dialect.

Suzhou dialect embodies a strong ancient meaning and bookish spirit. Suzhou people say "no" is "blessing", and modal particles at the end of the sentence are unnecessary.

Eighth: Wu dialect-Shanghai dialect

Shanghai dialect

Shanghai dialect has many similarities with Suzhou dialect and Jiaxing dialect, belonging to Wu dialect-Taihu film-Suhujia film. In modern times, Ningbo dialect in Taihu Lake of Wu dialect has the greatest influence on Shanghai dialect.

Ninth: Shaanxi dialect

Shaanxi dialect (this is a false concept that does not exist. Shaanxi dialect includes Shanxi dialect in northern Shaanxi, Central Plains Mandarin in Guanzhong and Southwest Mandarin in southern Shaanxi).

Shaanxi is one of the birthplaces of ancient culture in China. From Shaanxi dialect, we can not only get a glimpse of the development track of China ancient culture, but also appreciate the unspeakable true feelings of modern people. Due to the geographical characteristics, Shaanxi is narrow from east to west and long from north to south, and dialects vary greatly from place to place. Even the same sentence, because of the different pronunciation and speech speed, the content is different.

Tenth: Sichuan dialect (southwest mandarin)

Sichuan dialect has a great influence in southwest China and belongs to a branch of Southwest Mandarin, a northern Chinese dialect. Its pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, etc. It has great consistency with Mandarin, but it also has different characteristics, the biggest difference is pronunciation. The phonetic system of Sichuan dialect * * * has 20 initials, 36 finals and 4 tones, and there are also vowel inflections. Because Sichuan has a large population and many people go out to work, many people are familiar with Sichuan dialect.