Southwestern Mandarin

E35123

Chinese language variety Mandarin Chinese variety Sinitic language variety

Southwestern Mandarin is a major branch of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, characterized by distinct phonological features and regional variations.

Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Kunming dialect	0	2
Sichuanese Mandarin	0	2
Chengdu dialect	0	1
Chongqing dialect	0	1
Guiyang dialect	0	1
Leshan dialect	0	1
Mandarin Chinese	0	1
Southwest Mandarin	0	1
Upper Yangtze Mandarin	0	1
Yichang dialect	0	1
西南官话	0	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety → Mandarin Chinese variety → Sinitic language variety →
alsoKnownAs	Southwestern Mandarin → surface form: Southwest Mandarin Southwestern Mandarin → surface form: Upper Yangtze Mandarin Xinan Guanhua → Southwestern Mandarin → surface form: 西南官话
country	China →
hasDialect	Southwestern Mandarin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Chengdu dialect Southwestern Mandarin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Chongqing dialect Southwestern Mandarin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Guiyang dialect Southwestern Mandarin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Kunming dialect Southwestern Mandarin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Leshan dialect Mianyang dialect → Panzhihua dialect → Southwestern Mandarin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Yichang dialect
hasLexicalFeature	loanwords and influences from local minority languages in some regions → many regionally distinctive vocabulary items →
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinct tone contours compared to Standard Mandarin → frequent merger of retroflex and alveolar sibilants → frequent realization of /n/ and /l/ as similar or merged in some subdialects → reduction or loss of the neutral tone in many areas → use of checked-tone reflexes from Middle Chinese entering tone in some areas →
historicalOrigin	spread of Mandarin during Ming dynasty → spread of Mandarin during Qing dynasty →
influencedBy	Bai language in some Yunnan areas → Yi languages in some regions → local Sichuanese dialects →
ISOClassification	included under Mandarin Chinese (cmn) →
languageBranch	Chinese language → surface form: Sinitic
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages →
languageGroup	Mandarin →
linguisticStatus	major branch of Mandarin Chinese →
mutualIntelligibility	largely mutually intelligible with Standard Mandarin → not fully mutually intelligible with many non-Mandarin Chinese varieties →
population	one of the most widely spoken Mandarin subgroups → tens of millions of speakers →
region	Chongqing → surface form: Chongqing Municipality Guizhou Province → Sichuan Province → Southwest China → surface form: Southwestern China Yunnan Province → parts of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region → parts of Hubei Province → parts of Hunan Province → parts of Shaanxi Province →
standardBasedOn	Beijing dialect → surface form: Beijing Mandarin
subclassOf	Chinese → Mandarin Chinese → Sinitic languages →
usageDomain	everyday spoken communication → informal education and local commerce → local media in southwestern China →
writingSystem	Chinese characters →

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southwestern Mandarin → alsoKnownAs → Southwestern Mandarin →

this entity surface form: Southwest Mandarin

Southwestern Mandarin → alsoKnownAs → Southwestern Mandarin →

this entity surface form: Upper Yangtze Mandarin

Southwestern Mandarin → alsoKnownAs → Southwestern Mandarin →

this entity surface form: 西南官话

Standard Chinese → basedOn → Southwestern Mandarin →

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Xiang Chinese → borderingLanguageVariety → Southwestern Mandarin →

Jianghuai Mandarin → contrastsWith → Southwestern Mandarin →

Changde → dialect → Southwestern Mandarin →

Jingmen → dialect → Southwestern Mandarin →

Jingzhou → dialectRegion → Southwestern Mandarin →

Hubei Province → hasDialect → Southwestern Mandarin →