During the development process of Han Chinese society, there have been different degrees of differentiation and unification, which has resulted in the gradual emergence of dialects in the Chinese language. There are many factors that contribute to the formation of dialects, including social, historical, geographical and other factors, such as the long-term small-scale peasant economy, social divisions, population migration, mountains and rivers, etc.; there are also factors related to the language itself, such as the development of language Imbalance, mutual conflict and mutual influence between different languages, etc.

Chinese dialects, commonly known as local dialects, are only spoken in certain areas. Dialects are not another language independent of the national language, but are only languages ??used in local areas. The ancestors of the Han nationality were small in number at the beginning and spoke relatively simple Chinese. Later, due to the development of society, residents gradually expanded to the surrounding areas, or moved collectively to distant places, or came into contact with foreigners. The Chinese language gradually differentiated, producing dialects distributed in different regions.

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Introduction to provinces with many dialects:

1. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Cantonese, Guiliu, Hakka, Pinghua, and Xiang.

2. Hunan Province: Xiang dialect, Southwest Mandarin, Gan dialect, Hakka dialect, Xiangnan dialect, etc.

3. Jiangxi Province: Gan dialect, Hakka dialect, Jianghuai Mandarin, Wu dialect, Hui dialect, etc.

4. Fujian Province: Min Dong, Min Nan, Puxian, Min Chinese, Hakka, etc.

5. Hainan Province: Hokkien-Hainanese, Cantonese-Danzhou dialect, Mai dialect, _Jia dialect, Lingao dialect, Military dialect, etc.

6. Anhui Province: Jianghuai Mandarin, Central Plains Mandarin, Wu dialect, Hui dialect, and Gan dialect.

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