User:HibiscusKazeneko/Dialects

This is a sort of proposal to restructure the language system to allow for regional dialects. Currently if we were to add a new dialect it would have to be added as a unique language, which is both clunky and misleading.

The way I have this pictured now is we would still have the same drop-down box for languages, but once a language is selected there would be a second drop-down box containing regions and different dialects. This box might look like the locale box but tailored slightly.

Example

• Chinese (main language - can be used if specific dialect is unknown)
  • Mandarin Chinese
    • Beijing Mandarin
      • Beijing Dialect
        • Standard Chinese
      • Philippine Mandarin
      • Malaysian Mandarin
      • Chengde dialect
      • Chifeng dialect
      • Hailar dialect
    • Ji-Lu Mandarin
      • Baoding dialect
      • Jinan dialect
      • Shijiazhuang dialect
      • Tianjin dialect
    • Jianghuai Mandarin
      • Heifei dialect
      • Hainan Junjiahua
      • Nanjing dialect
      • Nantong dialect
      • Xiaogan dialect
      • Yangzhou dialect
    • Jiao-Liao Mandarin
      • Dalian dialect
      • Qingdao dialect
      • Weihai dialect
      • Yantai dialect
    • Lan-Yin Mandarin
      • Lanzhou dialect
      • Xining dialect
      • Yinchuan dialect
    • Northeastern Mandarin
      • Changchun dialect
      • Harbin dialect
      • Qiqihar dialect
      • Shenyang dialect
    • Southwestern Mandarin
      • Changde dialect
      • Chengdu dialect
      • Chongqing dialect
      • Dali dialect
      • Guiyang dialect
      • Kunming dialect
      • Luizhou dialect
      • Wuhan dialect
      • Xichang dialect
      • Yichang dialect
    • Zhongyuan Mandarin
      • Dungan (might need to be a separate language)
      • Hanzhong dialect
      • Kaifeng dialect
      • Luoyang dialect
      • Nanyang dialect
      • Qufu dialect
      • Tianshui dialect
      • Xi'an dialect
      • Xuzhou dialect
      • Yan'an dialect
      • Zhengzhou dialect
  • Jin Chinese
    • Baotou dialect
    • Datong dialect
    • Handan dialect
    • Hohhot dialect
    • Taiyuan dialect
    • Xinxiang dialect
  • Wu Chinese
    • Taihu
      • Changzhou dialect
      • Suzhou dialect
      • Wuxi dialect
      • Hangzhou dialect
      • Huzhou dialect
      • Jiaxing dialect
      • Shaoxing dialect
      • Ningbo dialect
      • Shanghai dialect
    • Taizhou
      • Taizhou dialect
      • Linhai dialect
      • Sanmen dialect
      • Tiantai dialect
      • Xianju dialect
      • Huangyan dialect
      • Jiaojiang dialect
      • Wenling dialect
      • Yuhuan dialect
      • Leqing dialect
      • Ninghai dialect
    • Ouijiang (Dong'ou)
      • Wenzhou dialect
      • Rui'an dialect
      • Wencheng dialect
    • Wuzhou
      • Jinhua dialect
      • Lanxi dialect
      • Pujiang dialect
      • Yiwu dialect
      • Dongyang dialect
      • Pan'an dialect
      • Yongkang dialect
      • Wuyi dialect
      • Jiande dialect
    • Chuqu
      • Lishui dialect
      • Qingtian dialect
      • Quzhou dialect
      • Shangrao dialect
    • Xuanzhou
      • Xuancheng dialect
  • Hui Chinese
    • Jixi dialect
    • Shexian dialect
    • Tunxi dialect
    • Yixian dialect
  • Gan Chinese
    • Dongkou dialect
    • Huaining dialect
    • Fuzhou dialect
    • Ji'an dialect
    • Leiyang dialect
    • Nanchang dialect
    • Xianning dialect
    • Yichun dialect
    • Yintang dialect
  • Xiang Chinese
    • Chang-Yi
      • Changsha dialect
      • Yueyang dialect
      • Hengyang dialect
      • Hengnan dialect
      • Qidong dialect
      • Qiyang dialect
      • Leiyang dialect
      • Changning dialect
      • Yiyang dialect
      • Ningxiang dialect
      • Zhuzhou dialect
      • Changde dialect
      • Pingjiang dialect
    • Lou-Shao
      • Loudi dialect
      • Shaoyang dialect
      • Shuangfeng dialect
    • Chen-Xu
      • Chenxi dialect
      • Xupu dialect
  • Min Chinese
    • Min Bei
      • Jian'ou dialect
    • Shao-Jiang Min
    • Min Dong
      • Fu'an dialect
        • Fuding dialect
        • Xiapu dialect
        • Shouning dialect
        • Zhouning dialect
        • Ningde dialect
        • Zherong dialect
      • Fuzhou dialect
        • Minhou dialect
        • Yongtai dialect
        • Minqing dialect
        • Changle dialect
        • Luoyuan dialect
        • Lianjiang dialect
        • Fuqing dialect
        • Pingtan dialect
        • Pingnan dialect
        • Gutian dialect
    • Min Nan
      • Hokkien
        • Quanzhou dialect
        • Amoy
        • Taiwanese Hokkien
          • Lugang accent
          • Yilan accent
          • Taipei accent
          • Hsinchu accent
          • Tainan accent
          • Kaohsiung accent
          • Taitung accent
          • Zhang Quan Lan
          • Haikou accent
          • Pianhai accent
          • Neipu accent
          • Piannei accent
          • Tongxing accent
        • Zhangzhou dialect
          • Singaporean Hokkien
          • Penang Hokkien
          • Muar Hokkien
          • Medan Hokkien
      • Zhenan
        • Longhai dialect
        • Zhangpu dialect
        • Anxi dialect
        • Hui'an dialect
        • Tong'an dialect
      • Teochew
        • Chaozhou dialect
        • Shantou dialect
        • Chaoyang dialect
        • Puning dialect
        • Huilai dialect
        • Hailufeng dialect
        • Bangkok Teochew
      • Zhongshan Min
        • Longdu dialect
        • Nanlang dialect
        • Sanxiang dialect
        • Zhangjiabian dialect
    • Min Zhong
      • Yong'an dialect
      • Sanming dialect
      • Sha dialect
    • Pu-Xian Min
      • Putian dialect
      • Xianyou dialect
    • Xiong Wen
      • Hainan dialect
    • Leizhou
      • Leizhou dialect
      • Zhanjiang dialect
  • Hakka Chinese
    • Huizhou dialect
    • Meizhou dialect
    • Wuhua dialect
    • Xingning dialect
    • Pingyuan dialect
    • Jiaoling dialect
    • Dabu dialect
    • Fengshun dialect
    • Longyan dialect
    • Lufeng dialect
  • Yue Chinese
    • Yuehai dialect
      • Cantonese
        • Hong Kong Cantonese
        • Vietnamese Cantonese
        • Wuzhou dialect
        • Tanka dialect
        • Xiguan dialect
      • Sanyi dialect
        • Nanhai dialect
        • Jiujiang dialect
        • Xiqiao dialect
        • Panyu dialect
        • Shunde dialect
      • Zhongshan dialect
        • Shiqi dialect
        • Sanjiao dialect
      • Guan-Bao dialect
        • Dongguan dialect
        • Bao'an dialect (Waitau)
    • Yong-Xun dialects
      • Nanning dialect
      • Yongning dialect
      • Guiping dialect
      • Chongzuo dialect
      • Ningmin dialect
      • Hengxian dialect
      • Baise dialect
    • Goulou dialect
      • Yulin dialect
      • Guangning dialect
      • Huaiji dialect
      • Fengkai dialect
      • Deqing dialect
      • Yunan dialect
      • Shanglin dialect
      • Binyang dialect
      • Tengxian dialect
    • Luo-Guang dialect
      • Luoding dialect
      • Zhaoqing dialect
      • Sihui dialect
      • Yangshan dialect
      • Lianzhou dialect
      • Lianshan dialect
      • Qingyuan dialect
    • Siyi dialect
      • Taishan dialect
      • Xinhui dialect
        • Siqian dialect
        • Guzhen dialect
      • Enping dialect
      • Kaiping dialect
    • Gao-Yang dialect
      • Gaozhou dialect
      • Yangjiang dialect
    • Qin-Lian dialect
      • Beihai dialect
      • Qinzhou dialect
      • Fangchenggang dialect
      • Lianzhou dialect
      • Lingshan dialect
    • Wu-Hua dialect
      • Wuchuan dialect
      • Huazhou dialect
  • Ba-Shu Chinese
  • Yue (Hainan) Chinese
    • Danzhou dialect
    • Mai dialect
  • Old Southwestern Chinese
    • Pinghua
    • Waxianghua
    • Caijia