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Ningbo dialect

So you know how some people talk a little bit different than others? Well, people who live in Ningbo, which is a city in China, have their own special way of talking. This is called the Ningbo dialect.

The Ningbo dialect is like a secret code that only people from Ningbo can fully understand. It has different sounds and words than the way people speak in other parts of China.

For example, instead of saying "ni hao" (which means hello in Chinese), people in Ningbo say "la ho". It might sound a little bit like a different language to you, but it's just a different way of speaking Chinese.

People who grow up speaking the Ningbo dialect might find it difficult to understand other Chinese dialects, and vice versa. But no matter how we speak, we can still communicate and connect with each other.
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