The language/dialect divide doesn't actually exist in linguistics, which has long since moved on to calling things "varieties" instead. So, you have multiple varieties of Chinese just like you have multiple varieties of Arabic or multiple varieties of Romance.
The language/dialect divide doesn't actually exist in linguistics, which has long since moved on to calling things "varieties" instead. So, you have multiple varieties of Chinese just like you have multiple varieties of Arabic or multiple varieties of Romance.
interesting! thanks for the info!