Comment Comment by voxic11 Ukrainian and Russian are mutually intelligible languages.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility#SlavicWhereas different dialects of Mandarin may not be mutually intelligible> Many varieties of Mandarin, such as those of the Southwest (including Sichuanese) and the Lower Yangtze, are not mutually intelligible with the standard languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese parent voxic11 2 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility#Slavic
Whereas different dialects of Mandarin may not be mutually intelligible
> Many varieties of Mandarin, such as those of the Southwest (including Sichuanese) and the Lower Yangtze, are not mutually intelligible with the standard language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese