What Chinese is the most important dialect?

Mandarin
If you’re curious as to how many people speak Mandarin, there are more than a billion speakers of Mandarin, making it the most widely spoken Chinese dialect and the most spoken language in the world.

What Chinese dialect is best to learn?

You might consider learning Cantonese if you intend on settling in Hong Kong, Macau, or Guangzhou for example. If your goal is to learn the history of Chinese and connect with the roots of the language itself, then Cantonese would also be the best option.

Why is Chinese the most spoken language?

Mandarin Chinese is the largest language in the world when counting only first language (native) speakers. This is due to the significant population of China. When factoring in second-, third-, and higher language speakers, English is the largest language in the world.

What is the easiest Chinese dialect to learn?

Unlike Mandarin and Cantonese, it can be painstakingly hard to learn less common Chinese dialects.

1. Find an Online Tutor. Booking an online language tutor is beneficial for two reasons.
2. Search YouTube for Videos.
3. Learn Some Basic Mandarin First.
4. Visit a Province Where Your Dialect Is Spoken.

How do Chinese dialects differ?

These two languages are not mutually intelligible, so they cannot be called dialects. They have a significant number of differences in both their written and spoken forms, including: Number of tones: Chinese dialects are tonal languages. In Mandarin, there are 4 basic tones and a fifth neutral tone.

What is the worst sounding Chinese for English speakers?

For English speakers, I would say one of the worst sounding is Cantonese Chinese – seven unseen-before tones. Apparently enough so to produce insults like “ching chong ding dong” which when usually uttered, has a flow sounding like Cantonese. I also know quite a few Mandarin Chinese speakers who think Canto is “just ugly” and “uncultured”.

Do you like or dislike the sound of Your Voice?

Judgements on Best and Worst sounding are due to perceptions of human mind, so it varies depending on the person, and obviously there would be groups liking it and disliking it (even if there is no any other bias towards the language). I usually tend to dislike shrill voices and too much nasalization, especially if they are prolonged unnecessarily.

What are the most cacophonous languages in the world?

Horrible sounding ones: Languages that sound truly cacophonous to me are Khmer (cambodian) and many other south east Asian languages, especially when spoken with their typical shrill voice, and/or accompanied with prolonged nasalization (like colloquial Cantonese).