Help with Northern dialect

[pinkypig]

I consider we have dialects because besides dan toc Kinh, we also have other minority groups. However, they are not popular.

[fija]

Kinh's people ... north, central and south.... dialects from them. speaking the same language but some words are different from this region to other one....

[camtieu]

I consider we have dialects because besides dan toc Kinh, we also have other minority groups. However, they are not popular.

Enlighten me Pinkypig, which ethenic communities speak the so called "dialect", can you name one or two?

[pinkypig]

For example:
Cai gu`i do you know what it is?
Gia` la`ng v.v...
I also agree with fija about north, south, and middle dai
For example:
Cai muo^~ng
Cai thi`a
cai ba/t
cai che/n
same object different name

[MANH NGUYEN]

Please, read this:

Language variation in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language

There are various mutually intelligible regional varieties (or dialects, the main four being:[13]

Dialect region Localities Names under French colonization
Northern Vietnamese Hanoi, Haiphong, and various provincial forms Tonkinese
North-central (or Area IV) Vietnamese Nghệ An (Vinh, Thanh Chương), Thanh Hoá, Quảng Bình, Hà Tĩnh High Annamese
Central Vietnamese Huế, Quảng Nam Low Annamese
Southern Vietnamese Saigon, Mekong (Far West) Cochinchinese
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[fija]

I even dream of making a site called phuongngu to contain every dialect used in vietnam :-)

[camtieu]

I rest my case.

[fija]

just for a short while, ok?

[fija]

I consider we have dialects because besides dan toc Kinh, we also have other minority groups. However, they are not popular.

In modest life, I often meet people from different locals and I learn a lot from them. Dialects methought in very popular in lower class of society. If you think they are not, I'm sure you belong to upper class.

[pinkypig]

I think you misunderstand my use of the word "popular"
I meant to say that they are not as common as Kinh. And when I said "minority" I meant "dan toc thieu so"
I never intended to belittle anyone.