<p>The shapes of Isogloss maps are generally identical to those of dialect maps. So I think this could give you some clues.
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/IFRPm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"> </p>

<p>Below is a sample for isogloss maps(from <a href="http://www.yupoo.com/photos/9919/7485900/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.yupoo.com/photos/9919/7485900/</a>)
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SEVrf.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
<br/>More of them:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/P9WPo.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bRFiR.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/o9dZp.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Suggestion: For more information about isogloss maps, visit <a href="http://image.baidu.com/" rel="noreferrer">http://image.baidu.com/</a> and type in "同言线". Further reading: <a href="http://book.kongfz.com/15325/226467644/" rel="noreferrer">http://book.kongfz.com/15325/226467644/</a> This is a book about chinese linguistic geography. For more books in this subject, search "汉语方言地理学".</p>

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user43796
<p>You can try <a href="http://phonemica.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer">乡音苑(phonemica)</a>, it has dialects map in both English and Chinese, maybe you can find isogloss maps.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/U0TI6.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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Ave Maleficum
<p>It seems that questions about resources are generally accepted on the site. If not, please let me know.</p>

<p>I was wondering if anyone knew where to find maps with isoglosses for dialects of Mandarin. I am especially interested in phonemic features, such as</p>

<ul>
<li>erhua</li>
<li>mergers, such as eng/en, in/ing, x/sh etc.</li>
<li>regional differences in tones</li>
</ul>

<p>but anything would be interesting.</p>

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Where can I find isogloss maps for Mandarin?
# Where can I find isogloss maps for Mandarin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-11)

It seems that questions about resources are generally accepted on the site. If not, please let me know.

I was wondering if anyone knew where to find maps with isoglosses for dialects of Mandarin. I am especially interested in phonemic features, such as

* erhua
* mergers, such as eng/en, in/ing, x/sh etc.
* regional differences in tones

but anything would be interesting.

**Tags:** phonology


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-04-11. Score: 10

The shapes of Isogloss maps are generally identical to those of dialect maps. So I think this could give you some clues.
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/IFRPm.jpg)

Below is a sample for isogloss maps(from <http://www.yupoo.com/photos/9919/7485900/>)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/SEVrf.jpg)
  
More of them:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/P9WPo.jpg)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/bRFiR.jpg)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/o9dZp.jpg)

Suggestion: For more information about isogloss maps, visit <http://image.baidu.com/> and type in "同言线". Further reading: <http://book.kongfz.com/15325/226467644/> This is a book about chinese linguistic geography. For more books in this subject, search "汉语方言地理学".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-04-13. Score: 3

You can try [乡音苑(phonemica)](http://phonemica.net), it has dialects map in both English and Chinese, maybe you can find isogloss maps.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/U0TI6.png)


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