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Doing Justice to My Local Diaclect Apart from Mandarin, I also speak my local dialect which to some degree, has been neglected by my generation, and some local people even dismissed it as being mainly spoken by uneducated people. But interestingly, one day I just happened to find out that the dialect I spoke was actually closer to a kind of ancient Chinese than Mandarin in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. Okey, let me explain it to you. Actually, the Mandarin which was made official language after PRC(people’s republic of china) was established is based on Northern dialects which are represented by Beijing dialect(Beijing is a northern city and the capital as well.) However, the face is that Mandarin is a language that had been heavily influenced by nomadic people who invaded and in some cases occupied northern china many times before modern history of china even began. The Qing dynasty, which is a typical example for the nomadic occupation, during which the ancient Chinese was transformed into Mandarin by blending with the language spoken by nomadic rulers thus the pronunciation and vocabulary were changed. Whereas in southern china, due to the fact that this area was faraway, thus was the less influenced by nomadic culture, the ancient Chinese was preserved in its intact form until today. So I feel that I’m quite lucky to be able to speak the Chinese in its ancient form which seem to be something that worth feeling proud of ^ ^ So from now on I’ve got to spend more time to practice my "classical" dialect and appreciate it for its meaningfulness and preciousness.

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Doing Justice to My Local Diaclect

Apart from Mandarin, I also speak my own dialect , which to some degree, has been neglected by my generation.

and Some local people even dismissed it as a dialect that is  being mainly spoken by uneducated people.

But interestingly, one day I just happened to find out that the dialect I speak is actually closer to a kind of ancient Chinese than Mandarin in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. Okay, let me explain it to you.
Actually, the Mandarin , which was made the official language after PRC(People’s Republic of China) was established , is based on our Northern dialects , and they are representative of the Beijing dialect(Beijing is a Northern city and the capital of China as well ).

However, the fact is that Mandarin is a language that had been heavily influenced by the languages of the nomadic people who had invaded and, in some cases , occupied Northern China many times before in the past .

modern history of china even began> This is not neccesary because it is obvious from your earlier passage.

The Qing dynasty, which is a typical example for the nomadic occupation, during which the ancient Chinese was transformed into Mandarin by blending with the language spoken by nomadic rulers thus the pronunciation and vocabulary were changed. > XXX > A complex sentence which should be broken up for clarity , unless you know how to string them .

>China under the Qing dynasty is a good example of a period when China was occupied by foreign normadic people . During this period ,the ancient Chinese language was gradually transformed to the language we know today as Mandarin , which is a blend of ancient spoken Chinese with the language of the normads . Thus, the pronuncition and vocabulary were changed.

 

Whereas in southern china, due to the fact that this area was faraway, thus was the less influenced by nomadic culture, the ancient Chinese was preserved in its intact form until today.>X

> However, in Southern China , the local dialects of the region were less influenced by the language and culture of the nomadic rulers , and this was due to the fact the this region is too far away to have the same effect it had on the Northern regions .To the present day , the dialects spoken in the south have changed little.

 


So, I feel that I’m quite lucky to be able to speak the Chinese in its ancient form , which is seem to be something that I am worth feeling proud of ^ ^.

So, from now on, I’ve got to spend more time to practicing my "classical" dialect and appreciate it for its meaningfulness and uniqueness preciousness.




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Doing Justice to My Local Diaclect Dialect

Apart from Mandarin, I also speak my local dialect which to some degree, has been neglected by my generation, and some local people even dismissed it as being mainly spoken by uneducated people. But interestingly, one day I just happened to find out that the dialect I spoke was actually closer to a kind of ancient Chinese than Mandarin in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. Okay, let me explain it to you. 

Very well explained!

Actually, the Mandarin which was made the official language after the PRC(People’s Republic of China) was established. It is based on Northern dialects which are represented by the Beijing dialect (Beijing is a northern city and the capital as well.) However, the face is that Mandarin is a language that has been heavily influenced by nomadic people who invaded and in some cases occupied northern China many times before the modern history of China even began. During the Qing dynasty, which is a typical example of a time of nomadic occupation, during which the ancient Chinese was transformed into Mandarin by blending it with the language spoken by nomadic rulers; thus the pronunciation and vocabulary were changed. Whereas in southern China, due to the fact that this area was faraway, thus and therefore was the less influenced by nomadic culture, the ancient Chinese was preserved in its intact form until today.
So I feel that I’m quite lucky to be able to speak the Chinese in its ancient form which seems to be something that is worth feeling proud of ^ ^ So from now on I’ve got to spend more time to practising my "classical" dialect and appreciate it for its meaningfulness and preciousness.

Excellent! Great story. It is good that you have a connection with your local history.

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