Test for dialect relatedness: especially for Northeast topolect groupies

Language Log 2025-12-20

Summary:

Several of my PRC M.A. students have told me that the following tool for the computation of dialect closeness has become quite popular in China: fāngyán yīnxì xiāngsì dù cèshì 方言音系相似度測試 ("Dialect phonological similarity test"),V3.2.358 (source)     It became popular and widely spread in Chinese social media recently, as a simple tool/quiz that helps you to […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=72359&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=test-for-dialect-relatedness-especially-for-northeast-topolect-groupies

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Tags:

dialects

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

12/20/2025, 07:50

Date published:

12/20/2025, 06:14