Speakers of the non-Han languages and dialects of China

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Speakers of the non-Han languages and dialects of China

Walter Shearer and Sun Hongkai

(Chinese studies, v. 20)

Edwin Mellen Press, c2002

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Bibliography: p. 269-280

Includes index

LCCN:2001034249

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A compilation of first-language speaker populations and other data of all the non-Han languages and dialects of China (including Taiwan) identified as of the end of 1998. It makes available in English information about these populations and contains data on newly identified languages and dialects. The information for each language includes: name(s) and dialects known; populations for each; locations of speakers in China and neighbouring countries; intelligibility information; official nationality classification of the speakers; and alternate classification or status designations that have been proposed.

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