Editor and writer Jin Yucheng says he hopes his novel, Blossoms, written in the Shanghai dialect, can help protect the language. Provided to China Daily A newly published novel written in the Shanghai ...

What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? Is there some kind of technical distinction, the way there is between a quasar and a pulsar, or between a rabbit and a hare? Faced with the ...

I've had an interest in Chinese dialects since university and became more engrossed when my instructors set up a dialect association while I was a postgraduate student at Fudan University. I started ...

As one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks you’ll likely recognise the Old Man of Storr (Right) but did you know that Skye had its own flag? It is unique to the island and reflects its distinctive ...