Dialect is a unique national culture, and every place has its own unique dialect, which has been passed down for thousands of years and has rich cultural heritage. China is a multi-ethnic country with 56 nationalities and a vast territory. Respecting all ethnic groups and local people is a necessary condition to ensure the reunification of the motherland. To respect the people, we must first respect their culture.
Individual languages are "dialects" for the following reasons:
Lack of appropriate written language, the language does not reach the level of accurate description; Language users do not belong to their own country; There are many language systems in the same country. In the following, the author discusses several methods commonly used by linguists to distinguish between dialects and languages, and further points out the difficulties of these judgments in practical application. In some cases, the definition of language and dialect is not just a linguistic issue.