English Dictionary

topolect

noun

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region. / (linguistics) A regional variety of Chinese; especially a lect other than Standard Mandarin.

Cantonese is a popular topolect spoken in southern China.

意味（1）

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region.

We can then establish and name further categories by means of the word group and the prefix sub-, thus obtaining SUBDIALECT (Untermundart) between topolect and dialect, DIALECT GROUP (Mundartengruppe) between dialect and language, SUBFAMILY (Unterfamilie) between language and family,

意味（2）

(linguistics) A regional variety of Chinese; especially a lect other than Standard Mandarin.

Imminent Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang has said that everyone’s mother tongue is a topolect, whereas China’s standard spoken language has long been the “teacher tongue.”