anyone host dialect-focused site

[michaelm]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone host lots of info on different dialects of Chinese?

I've found a lots of sites with general info, but, what I'm looking for specifically are sound files of speakers of different dialects speaking their native dialects.

At the few sites I did find (eg www.ctlwmp.cityu.edu/hk/dialects) I had trouble accessing the files and have so far come up empty-handed.

Thanks.

[ala]

A site all combined into one? Only one I know is the cityu.edu.hk site.

For specifically Wu (Shanghai variant), you can try here: http://www.zanhe.com/lessons.html

There are some dialogues and drills with audio files in Shanghainese. Still under construction though.

Also, did you manage to find your way there? They seem to have some clips of various dialects: http://www.ctlwmp.cityu.edu.hk/dialects/sentences/test_dia1.htm

[Taibei]

I think the Chinese Pear Stories ("narratives across seven Chinese dialects") is probably just what you need:

http://www.pearstories.org/