Jianghuai Guanhua

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Jianghuai Guanhua is a major variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken primarily in parts of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, characterized by distinctive phonological and lexical features.

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Jianghuai Guanhua canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese topolect
Mandarin Chinese variety
Sinitic language variety
belongsToDialectGroup Mandarin dialect group
geographicBasisOfName Huai River Plain
surface form: Huai River region

Jiangsu
surface form: Jiangsu Province
hasAlternativeName Jianghuai Mandarin
surface form: Jiang–Huai Mandarin

Jiangnan Mandarin
surface form: Lower Yangtze Mandarin
hasCharacteristic lexical features distinct from Standard Mandarin
phonological features distinct from Standard Mandarin
hasLexicalFeature regional colloquialisms specific to Jianghuai area
vocabulary items not used in Standard Mandarin
hasPhonologicalFeature different realization of retroflex initials compared with Standard Mandarin
distinctive tone system compared with Standard Mandarin
merger patterns of certain initials and finals distinct from Standard Mandarin
hasStatus regional vernacular
influences local accents of Putonghua in Jiangsu and Anhui
isInfluencedBy neighboring Hui Chinese varieties
neighboring Wu Chinese varieties
isMajorVarietyOf Mandarin Chinese
isMutuallyIntelligibleToDegreeWith Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
isOralFormOf Chinese language
isSpokenIn eastern China
parts of Anhui Province
parts of Jiangsu Province
isUsedBy local populations in central Anhui
local populations in central and northern Jiangsu
languageBranch Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
region Anhui
surface form: Anhui Province

China
Jiangsu
surface form: Jiangsu Province

Yangtze River Delta
surface form: Lower Yangtze region

areas along the Yangtze River
script Han script
subclassOf Chinese language
Mandarin Chinese
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Jianghuai Mandarin hasAlternativeName Jianghuai Guanhua