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| has gloss | eng: The Kunming dialect of Mandarin is spoken by the inhabitants of Kunming and the surrounding areas of Yunnan province in Southwest China. The dialect is basically similar to Standard Mandarin, the major differences being the unique pronunciation of certain sounds and the development of unique phrases and terms. As with all dialects of Chinese, speakers of the Kunming dialect read standard Chinese characters, though the pronunciation of words can, in some cases, be markedly different. For example the Chinese word 什么 (in Standard Mandarin Hanyu pinyin shén me) (meaning what) is pronounced 哪樣 (nǎi yàng) in vernacular Kunming dialect. In some cases entirely unique phrases are used, which may or may not have equivalent written characters. To say "I don't know" in Standard Mandarin is 不知道 (bù zhīdào), but in Kunming dialect is the completely different phrase: 認不得 (rèn bù dé). Another example would be hai zi meaning shoes in the Kunming dialect, whereas in Standard Mandarin 孩子 (hái zi) means child and 鞋子 (xié zi) is the phrase for shoes. |
| lexicalization | eng: Kunming dialect |
| instance of | c/Dialects by location |
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