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Wenzhounese was crowned the hardest dialect to understand with Cantonese predictably taking second. Minnanese and the Suzhou dialect tied for third and Shanghainese followed closely behind. Wenzhous geographic isolation has resulted in a dialect is not mutually intelligible with any other variety of Wu Chinese nor Min Dong to the south, let alone Putonghua. During the Second World War, the Nationalist military used people from Wenzhou to relay strategically sensitive information much in the same way as the United States used Navajo code talkers, baffling the Imperial Japanese Armys best intelligence units. Although the top spot was a no-brainer, the list has nonetheless sparked a lot of debate online. Dongbeiren were incensed to see their north-eastern dialect even appearing on the list (albeit at tenth place), but southerners were quick to point out their hubris and remind them how incomprehensible their slang is to outsiders.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 01:57:10 +0000

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