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The varieties of spoken Chinese in Eastern China and Taiwan.

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What’s represented here are mostly minority group languages in China. Also keep in mind there are different dialects of Mandarin for basically every province and some cities! Here’s a map: 

Like for example, Sichuan dialect is WAYYYY different from regular Mandarin! You can kind of understand it, but… it sounds very distinct. Most Chinese will speak one dialect at home and speak Mandarin in school and when they travel outside their hometown.