In different regions and forms of Chinese language, there are a number of sub-dialects and plenty of kinds of "local languages". The most used Mandarin dialects fall into eight sub-dialect teams: Northeastern Mandarin, Beijing Mandarin, Ji-Lu Mandarin, Jiao-Liao Mandarin, Central Plain Mandarin, Lan-Yin Mandarin, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, and Southwestern Mandarin. The languages used by the fifty six ethnic teams in China belong to five main households: Sino-Tibetan, Altaic, South Island, South As...