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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. |
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. |
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== Example == |
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* Chinese (main language - can be used if specific dialect is unknown) |
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** '''Mandarin Chinese''' |
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*** Beijing Mandarin |
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**** Beijing Dialect |
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***** Standard Chinese |
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**** Philippine Mandarin |
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**** Malaysian Mandarin |
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**** Chengde dialect |
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**** Chifeng dialect |
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**** Hailar dialect |
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*** Ji-Lu Mandarin |
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**** Baoding dialect |
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**** Jinan dialect |
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**** Shijiazhuang dialect |
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**** Tianjin dialect |
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*** Jianghuai Mandarin |
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**** Heifei dialect |
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**** Hainan Junjiahua |
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**** Nanjing dialect |
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**** Nantong dialect |
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**** Xiaogan dialect |
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**** Yangzhou dialect |
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*** Jiao-Liao Mandarin |
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**** Dalian dialect |
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**** Qingdao dialect |
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**** Weihai dialect |
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**** Yantai dialect |
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*** Lan-Yin Mandarin |
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**** Lanzhou dialect |
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**** Xining dialect |
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**** Yinchuan dialect |
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*** Northeastern Mandarin |
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**** Changchun dialect |
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**** Harbin dialect |
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**** Qiqihar dialect |
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**** Shenyang dialect |
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*** Southwestern Mandarin |
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**** Changde dialect |
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**** Chengdu dialect |
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**** Chongqing dialect |
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**** Dali dialect |
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**** Guiyang dialect |
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**** Kunming dialect |
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**** Luizhou dialect |
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**** Wuhan dialect |
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**** Xichang dialect |
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**** Yichang dialect |
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*** Zhongyuan Mandarin |
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**** Dungan (might need to be a separate language) |
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**** Hanzhong dialect |
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**** Kaifeng dialect |
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**** Luoyang dialect |
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**** Nanyang dialect |
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**** Qufu dialect |
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**** Tianshui dialect |
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**** Xi'an dialect |
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**** Xuzhou dialect |
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**** Yan'an dialect |
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**** Zhengzhou dialect |
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** '''Jin Chinese''' |
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*** Baotou dialect |
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*** Datong dialect |
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*** Handan dialect |
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*** Hohhot dialect |
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*** Taiyuan dialect |
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*** Xinxiang dialect |
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** '''Wu Chinese''' |
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*** Taihu |
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**** Changzhou dialect |
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**** Suzhou dialect |
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**** Wuxi dialect |
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**** Hangzhou dialect |
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**** Huzhou dialect |
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**** Jiaxing dialect |
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**** Shaoxing dialect |
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**** Ningbo dialect |
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**** Shanghai dialect |
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*** Taizhou |
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**** Taizhou dialect |
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**** Linhai dialect |
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**** Sanmen dialect |
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**** Tiantai dialect |
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**** Xianju dialect |
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**** Huangyan dialect |
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**** Jiaojiang dialect |
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**** Wenling dialect |
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**** Yuhuan dialect |
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**** Leqing dialect |
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**** Ninghai dialect |
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*** Ouijiang (Dong'ou) |
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**** Wenzhou dialect |
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**** Rui'an dialect |
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**** Wencheng dialect |
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*** Wuzhou |
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**** Jinhua dialect |
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**** Lanxi dialect |
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**** Pujiang dialect |
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**** Yiwu dialect |
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**** Dongyang dialect |
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**** Pan'an dialect |
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**** Yongkang dialect |
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**** Wuyi dialect |
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**** Jiande dialect |
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*** Chuqu |
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**** Lishui dialect |
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**** Qingtian dialect |
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**** Quzhou dialect |
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**** Shangrao dialect |
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*** Xuanzhou |
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**** Xuancheng dialect |
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** '''Hui Chinese''' |
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*** Jixi dialect |
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*** Shexian dialect |
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*** Tunxi dialect |
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*** Yixian dialect |
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** '''Gan Chinese''' |
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*** Dongkou dialect |
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*** Huaining dialect |
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*** Fuzhou dialect |
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*** Ji'an dialect |
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*** Leiyang dialect |
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*** Nanchang dialect |
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*** Xianning dialect |
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*** Yichun dialect |
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*** Yintang dialect |
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** '''Xiang Chinese''' |
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*** Chang-Yi |
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**** Changsha dialect |
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**** Yueyang dialect |
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**** Hengyang dialect |
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**** Hengnan dialect |
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**** Qidong dialect |
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**** Qiyang dialect |
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**** Leiyang dialect |
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**** Changning dialect |
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**** Yiyang dialect |
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**** Ningxiang dialect |
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**** Zhuzhou dialect |
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**** Changde dialect |
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**** Pingjiang dialect |
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*** Lou-Shao |
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**** Loudi dialect |
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**** Shaoyang dialect |
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**** Shuangfeng dialect |
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*** Chen-Xu |
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**** Chenxi dialect |
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**** Xupu dialect |
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** '''Min Chinese''' |
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*** Min Bei |
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**** Jian'ou dialect |
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*** Shao-Jiang Min |
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*** Min Dong |
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**** Fu'an dialect |
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***** Fuding dialect |
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***** Xiapu dialect |
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***** Shouning dialect |
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***** Zhouning dialect |
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***** Ningde dialect |
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***** Zherong dialect |
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**** Fuzhou dialect |
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***** Minhou dialect |
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***** Yongtai dialect |
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***** Minqing dialect |
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***** Changle dialect |
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***** Luoyuan dialect |
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***** Lianjiang dialect |
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***** Fuqing dialect |
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***** Pingtan dialect |
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***** Pingnan dialect |
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***** Gutian dialect |
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*** Min Nan |
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**** Hokkien |
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***** Quanzhou dialect |
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***** Amoy |
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***** Taiwanese Hokkien |
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****** Lugang accent |
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****** Yilan accent |
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****** Taipei accent |
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****** Hsinchu accent |
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****** Tainan accent |
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****** Kaohsiung accent |
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****** Taitung accent |
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****** Zhang Quan Lan |
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****** Haikou accent |
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****** Pianhai accent |
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****** Neipu accent |
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****** Piannei accent |
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****** Tongxing accent |
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***** Zhangzhou dialect |
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****** Singaporean Hokkien |
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****** Penang Hokkien |
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****** Muar Hokkien |
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****** Medan Hokkien |
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**** Zhenan |
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***** Longhai dialect |
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***** Zhangpu dialect |
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***** Anxi dialect |
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***** Hui'an dialect |
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***** Tong'an dialect |
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**** Teochew |
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***** Chaozhou dialect |
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***** Shantou dialect |
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***** Chaoyang dialect |
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***** Puning dialect |
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***** Huilai dialect |
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***** Hailufeng dialect |
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***** Bangkok Teochew |
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**** Zhongshan Min |
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***** Longdu dialect |
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***** Nanlang dialect |
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***** Sanxiang dialect |
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***** Zhangjiabian dialect |
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*** Min Zhong |
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**** Yong'an dialect |
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**** Sanming dialect |
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**** Sha dialect |
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*** Pu-Xian Min |
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**** Putian dialect |
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**** Xianyou dialect |
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*** Xiong Wen |
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**** Hainan dialect |
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*** Leizhou |
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**** Leizhou dialect |
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**** Zhanjiang dialect |
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** '''Hakka Chinese''' |
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*** Huizhou dialect |
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*** Meizhou dialect |
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*** Wuhua dialect |
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*** Xingning dialect |
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*** Pingyuan dialect |
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*** Jiaoling dialect |
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*** Dabu dialect |
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*** Fengshun dialect |
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*** Longyan dialect |
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*** Lufeng dialect |
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** '''Yue Chinese''' |
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*** Yuehai dialect |
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**** Cantonese |
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***** Hong Kong Cantonese |
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***** Vietnamese Cantonese |
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***** Wuzhou dialect |
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***** Tanka dialect |
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***** Xiguan dialect |
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**** Sanyi dialect |
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***** Nanhai dialect |
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***** Jiujiang dialect |
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***** Xiqiao dialect |
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***** Panyu dialect |
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***** Shunde dialect |
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**** Zhongshan dialect |
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***** Shiqi dialect |
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***** Sanjiao dialect |
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**** Guan-Bao dialect |
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***** Dongguan dialect |
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***** Bao'an dialect (Waitau) |
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*** Yong-Xun dialects |
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**** Nanning dialect |
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**** Yongning dialect |
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**** Guiping dialect |
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**** Chongzuo dialect |
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**** Ningmin dialect |
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**** Hengxian dialect |
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**** Baise dialect |
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*** Goulou dialect |
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**** Yulin dialect |
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**** Guangning dialect |
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**** Huaiji dialect |
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**** Fengkai dialect |
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**** Deqing dialect |
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**** Yunan dialect |
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**** Shanglin dialect |
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**** Binyang dialect |
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**** Tengxian dialect |
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*** Luo-Guang dialect |
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**** Luoding dialect |
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**** Zhaoqing dialect |
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**** Sihui dialect |
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**** Yangshan dialect |
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**** Lianzhou dialect |
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**** Lianshan dialect |
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**** Qingyuan dialect |
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*** Siyi dialect |
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**** Taishan dialect |
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**** Xinhui dialect |
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***** Siqian dialect |
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***** Guzhen dialect |
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**** Enping dialect |
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**** Kaiping dialect |
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*** Gao-Yang dialect |
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**** Gaozhou dialect |
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**** Yangjiang dialect |
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*** Qin-Lian dialect |
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**** Beihai dialect |
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**** Qinzhou dialect |
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**** Fangchenggang dialect |
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**** Lianzhou dialect |
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**** Lingshan dialect |
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*** Wu-Hua dialect |
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**** Wuchuan dialect |
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**** Huazhou dialect |
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** '''Ba-Shu Chinese''' |
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** '''Yue (Hainan) Chinese''' |
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*** Danzhou dialect |
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*** Mai dialect |
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** '''Old Southwestern Chinese''' |
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*** Pinghua |
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*** Waxianghua |
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*** Caijia |
Latest revision as of 03:19, 13 February 2013
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
- Beijing 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
- Beijing Mandarin
- 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
- Taihu
- 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
- Chang-Yi
- 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
- Fu'an 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
- Hokkien
- 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
- Min Bei
- 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)
- Cantonese
- 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
- Yuehai dialect
- Ba-Shu Chinese
- Yue (Hainan) Chinese
- Danzhou dialect
- Mai dialect
- Old Southwestern Chinese
- Pinghua
- Waxianghua
- Caijia
- Mandarin Chinese