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. 2016 Mar 18;11(3):e0150492. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150492

Fig 1. Examples of the standard Chinese Mandarin and Southern Min Nan dialect.

Fig 1

As can be seen in the PinYin (phonetic transcription of Chinese characters), the two dialects have distinct pronunciations. Other language domains such as orthography, syntax, semantics (e.g., meaning of individual characters), and grammar are comparable.