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3. YES

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:04 PM

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CHINESE is a language, and Mandarin, Cantonese and Yi are considered dialects. In Japan Tokyo Bin is different from Osaka Bin or Hokkido Bin.

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In China. How many languages do you speak? [View all] YoshidaYui Yesterday OP

YES YoshidaYui Yesterday #3

Thank you. LoisB 23 hrs ago #5

So, since I'm studying Japanese, Wednesdays 22 hrs ago #7

ONLY if you plan on living there YoshidaYui 19 hrs ago #9

Okay, thanks! Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #11

GANBATTE KUDASAI YoshidaYui 5 hrs ago #12

I've only seen dialect as "ben," as in Osaka-ben, Kyoto-ben. betsuni 15 hrs ago #10

I totally agree YoshidaYui 23 hrs ago #4

AS THEY SAY... YoshidaYui 20 hrs ago #8

TY. That was interesting, and fun. electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #13