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    Which language is spoken in the most number of dialects?

    Question #58540. Asked by shawn888. (Jul 28 05 2:25 AM)


    SOTHC

    		English and the most common word is "Exterminate"

    Jul 28 05, 2:34 AM
    SOTHC

    		Acording to http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:cYQ2ynJYGMIJ:malberg.cherryhill.k12.nj.us/newspapermar2005.pdf+%22the+most+dialects%22&hl=en the Chinese’s language has the most dialects. Wu language has 94 dialects, Xiange language has 26 dialects, Pinghua language has 8 dialects, Min language has 69 dialects, Mandarin language has 523 dialects, Kejia/hakka language has 28 dialects, Huainan language has 5 dialects, Jin language has 124 dialects, Gan language has 64 dialects Cantonese Yue language has 44 dialects.

    Jul 28 05, 2:49 AM
    Arpeggionist

    		Whereas English has several hundred dialects at least.

    Jul 28 05, 6:33 AM
    bloomsby

    		Sorry to disappoint, but I don't see how there can be any accurate answer to this question as the decision as to whether or not a "variety of a language" constitutes a dialect almost invariably includes some non-linguistic crieria. Should "social dialects" ("sociolects") count, for example?

    Jul 28 05, 9:24 AM
    dejavucub4

    		Igpay atinlay?

    Jul 28 05, 11:21 AM
    SOTHC

    		That is a pig of a language to learn

    Jul 29 05, 5:20 AM

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