Comparison of 4 Chinese dialects - Mandarin, Cantonese, Chaozhou, Taiwanese

[BWL]

This is a clip of a friend of mine (a Belgian-Chinese polyglot) who reads a text in 4 different Chinese dialects; Mandarin, Chaozhou or Teochew 潮州話, Cantonese and Taiwanese.

If you want to hear how diverse-sounding Chinese dialects can be, just watch the video.

[DonnieDarko]

Mandarin and Taiwanese verbal are not too different, its more of the fact that Taiwanese written is always traditional whereas in Mainland China its more simplified but can also be in traditional. Cantonese and Chaozhou are definitely more different in the verbal aspect and really can't be understand by mandarin speakers

[dejongkimberlee]

This is a clip of a friend of mine (a Belgian-Chinese polyglot) who reads a text in 4 different Chinese dialects; Mandarin, Chaozhou or Teochew 潮州話, Cantonese and Taiwanese.

If you want to hear how diverse-sounding Chinese dialects can be, just watch the video.

I know that Mandarin is the most common of these languages, but which is the least common?