Mutual Intelligibility in Chinese Dialects

Article of the day:

"Predicting Mutual Intelligibility in Chinese Dialects from Subjective and Objective Linguistic Similarity." by Chaoju Tang and Vincent J. Van Heuven

Dialect being explored in this studies:

Mandarin Dialects:

1. Beijing
2. Chengdu
3. Jinan
4. Xi’an
5. Taiyuan
6. Hankou

Wu Dialects:

1. Suzhou
2. Wenzhou

Gan Dialect:

1. Nanchang

Hakka Dialect:

1. Meixian

Min Dialects:

1. Xiamen
2. Fuzhou
3. Chaozhou

Xiang Dialect:

1. Changsha

Yue Dialect:

1. Guangzhou (Cantonese)

Concepts mentioned:

Levenshtein distance

Lexical Similarity Index (LSI)

Phonological Correspondence Index (PCI)

Hui dialects

Pinghua: A lesser-known dialect group spoken mainly in Guangxi province

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