Language Atlas of China

Not to be confused with Linguistic Atlas of Chinese Dialects.
Language Atlas of China
Author Stephen Adolphe Wurm, Rong Li, Theo Baumann, Mei W. Lee
Publisher Longman
Publication date
1987 (1987)
ISBN 978-962-359-085-3

The Language Atlas of China (Chinese: 中国语言地图集; pinyin: Zhōngguó Yǔyán Dìtú Jí), published in 1987 in two parts, maps the distribution of both the varieties of Chinese and minority languages of China. It was a colloborative effort by the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, published simultaneously in English and in Chinese. Endymion Wilkinson rated this joint venture "outstanding".[1]

A revised edition has been in preparation since 2002.[1]

Classification of Chinese varieties

Top-level groups and supergroups of Chinese varieties identified in the Atlas

The atlas organizes the varieties of Chinese in a hierarchy of groupings, following the work of Li Rong:[2]

Contents

The atlas contains 35 colour maps, divided into three sections:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History: A New Manual. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series (Second, Revised printing March 2013 ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-674-06715-8.
  2. 1 2 Kurpaska, Maria (2010). Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of "The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects". Walter de Gruyter. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-3-11-021914-2.
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