Siyi Yue has a representative dialect that is related to what larger language?
Siyi Yue Siyi (Seiyap or Sze Yup in Cantonese; ) is a coastal branch of Yue Chinese spoken mainly in Guangdong province, but is also used in overseas Chinese communities. Within the province, it is mainly spoken in the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, but pockets exist outside of Jiangmen, including the Doumen and Jinwan districts in Zhuhai, Guzhen in Zhongshan and Jun'an in Foshan. Taishanese, which was one of the most important Chinese dialects in Chinese American communities, is considered a representative dialect.
Philippine Mandarin Philippine Mandarin () is a variety of Standard Mandarin Chinese widely spoken by Chinese Filipinos. It is based on the phonology of the Beijing dialect and the grammar of Vernacular Chinese, and is identical to the standard of Mandarin used in the Republic of China, Taiwan that is called "Guoyu" (國語 ). In terms of phonology, vocabulary and grammar, Standard Philippine Mandarin is similar to "Guoyu" (Standard Chinese in the Republic of China (Taiwan)) because almost all uses dictionaries and books from Taiwan. Many Chinese Filipino schools uses bopomofo ("zhuyin fuhao") to teach the language. Philippine Mandarin uses the Traditional Chinese characters in writing and it is seen in the newspapers. "Philippine Mandarin" can be classified into two distinct Mandarin dialects: "Standard Mandarin" and "Colloquial Mandarin". These two dialects are easily distinguishable to a person proficient in Mandarin. "Standard Mandarin" is like the standard language of Taiwan, while "Colloquial Mandarin" tends to combine "Mandarin" () and "Min Nan Yu" (閩南語 ) or Southern Hokkien features.