(Alterations to page "Chinese Language" at: diff)

Varieties of Chinese: ^diff
- For this reason many linguists treat Chinese as a [[language family|family of languages]] within the [[Sino-Tibetan]] language phylum.{{sfnp|Norman|1988|p=187}}
+ Linguists generally consider Chinese to be a single language and its varieties to be dialects.{{sfnp|Wardaugh|Fuller|2014|pp=31–32}}{{sfnp|Van Herk|2012|pp=14}}{{sfnp|Liang|2014|pp=13–14}}

Sinitic languages: ^diff
- otherwise Sinitic is equivalent to the [[Chinese languages]], and often used in opposition to "Chinese dialects" to convey the idea that these are distinct languages rather than dialects of a single language.<ref>N. J. Enfield (2003:69) ''Linguistics Epidemiology,'' Routledge.</ref><ref>See also, for example, W. Hannas (1997) ''Asia's Orthographic Dilemma,'' University of Hawaii Press.</ref>
+ otherwise Sinitic is equivalent to Chinese, and usage of the term may reflect the view that the varieties of Chinese are distinct languages, rather than dialects of a single language.<ref>See, for example, {{Harvcoltxt|Enfield|2003|p=69}} and {{Harvcoltxt|Hannas|1997}}</ref>

Classical Chinese: ^diff
all occurrences of language(s) in the context of more than 1, replaced with variety (of one single language)

Rhotic consonant: ^diff
- vast majority of Chinese languages (e.g. Cantonese, Min, Wu) had
+ vast majority of [[varieties of Chinese|Chinese varieties]] (e.g. Cantonese, Min, Wu)

Fuzhou dialect: ^diff
Min language]]s, > Min varieties
- Recent reports indicate that less than 50% of young people in Fuzhou are able to speak the language
+ Recent reports indicate that less than 50% of young people in Fuzhou are able to speak Fuzhou dialect
- became the early prototypes in which Fuzhou dialect and other Min Chinese languages emerged from
+ and other Min Chinese varieties emerged

Teochew dialect: ^diff
- Teochew is a member of the Southern Min or Min Nan language family, which in turn constitutes a part of the Min language family, one of the seven major language families of the Sinitic. As with other varieties of [[Chinese language|Chinese]], linguists have not yet agreed on whether Teochew should be treated as a [[language]] or a dialect although it is [[mutually unintelligible]] with other "dialect groups" of China but [[mutually intelligible]] with some other [[Southern Min Language]]s, such as the dialects of [[Zhangzhou]] and [[Quanzhou]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}. The Chaozhou language in China be roughly divided into three sub-groups defined by physically proximate areas
+ Teochew is a member of the [[Southern Min]] or Min Nan dialect group, which in turn constitutes a part of [[Min Chinese]], one of the seven major dialect groups of [[Chinese language|Chinese]]. As with other [[varieties of Chinese]], it is not very [[mutually intelligible]] with other dialect groups of China but is mutually intelligible with some other Southern dialects, such as those of [[Zhangzhou]] and [[Quanzhou]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} [...] The Chaozhou dialect in China be roughly divided into three sub-groups defined by physically proximate areas
- Southern Min languages are typified by a lack of [[labiodental consonant|labiodental]]s, as illustrated below
+ Southern Min dialects are typified by a lack of [[labiodental consonant|labiodental]]s, as illustrated below:
- The personal pronouns in Teochew, like in other Sinitic languages, do not show case marking
+ The personal pronouns in Teochew, like in other Chinese varieties, do not show case marking
- No other southern Chinese language, such as Cantonese or Hakka, has this distinction
+ No other southern Chinese variety has this distinction.