Lanzhou dialect
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The Lanzhou dialect is a regional form of Mandarin Chinese spoken in and around Lanzhou, Gansu Province, characterized by distinctive phonetic and lexical features within the Lan–Yin Mandarin group.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mandarin Chinese dialect
ⓘ
Sinitic language variety ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
| belongsTo | northwestern Mandarin dialects ⓘ |
| center | Lanzhou city NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateWith |
Xining dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yinchuan dialect ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| geographicCore | Yellow River valley around Lanzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Lanzhouhua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
loanwords and influences from northwestern varieties
ⓘ
regional vocabulary not used in Standard Mandarin ⓘ |
| hasPhoneticFeature |
distinctive finals compared to Standard Mandarin
ⓘ
distinctive initials compared to Standard Mandarin ⓘ tone values differing from Standard Mandarin ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
merger of certain retroflex and dental sibilants
ⓘ
regional tone sandhi patterns ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
coexists with Standard Mandarin in education and media
ⓘ
used in daily informal communication ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed from northwestern Mandarin varieties ⓘ |
| influencedBy | neighboring Gansu dialects ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Sinitic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
analytic language
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | largely intelligible with other Mandarin dialects ⓘ |
| partOf | Lan–Yin Mandarin group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Lanzhou urban area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding areas of Lanzhou ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gansu Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lanzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern China ⓘ |
| standardBasedOn | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardLanguageRelation | non-standard variety relative to Putonghua ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Lan–Yin Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | local Han Chinese population in Lanzhou ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local commerce and marketplaces in Lanzhou
ⓘ
local folk culture in Lanzhou ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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