Jiangnan Mandarin

E619892

Chinese topolect Mandarin Chinese dialect group

Jiangnan Mandarin is a major dialect group of Mandarin Chinese historically spoken in the lower Yangtze region, known for its transitional features between northern Mandarin and Wu dialects.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lower Yangtze Mandarin	1
Standard Mandarin in Taizhou	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese topolect ⓘ Mandarin Chinese dialect group ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Jianghuai Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiang–Huai Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Yangtze Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	complex tone sandhi in some subdialects ⓘ distinct from Standard Mandarin ⓘ lexical items shared with Wu dialects ⓘ phonological features intermediate between Northern Mandarin and Wu ⓘ preserves some entering tone reflexes in certain areas ⓘ retroflex consonants often differ from Standard Mandarin ⓘ transitional features between Mandarin and Wu ⓘ
hasDialect	Anqing dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Chuzhou dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaoyou dialect ⓘ He County dialect ⓘ Liuhe dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Ma’anshan dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanjing dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Rugao dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Taizhou (Jiangsu) dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Tongcheng dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Tongling dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Wuhu dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Wuwei (Anhui) dialect ⓘ Yangzhou dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yizheng dialect ⓘ Zhenjiang dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalInfluenceOn	regional koiné of the lower Yangtze ⓘ
hasNameInChinese	江南官话 NERFINISHED ⓘ 江淮官话 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	merger patterns of Middle Chinese tones differing from Northern Mandarin ⓘ vowel systems influenced by Wu dialects ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticTrend	undergoing shift toward Standard Mandarin in urban areas ⓘ
hasStatus	regional dialect group without official national standard ⓘ
hasTransitionalFeaturesBetween	Northern Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ
historicalCenter	Lower Yangtze River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUsage	historically important regional lingua franca in the lower Yangtze ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Beijing Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jilu Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ
isInfluencedBy	Northern Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Sinitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageGroup	Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInCountry	China NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion	Anhui Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangsu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Yangtze region NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Zhejiang historically ⓘ Shanghai region historically ⓘ
subclassOf	Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication in parts of Jiangsu and Anhui ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Shanghainese → historicalInfluenceFrom → Jiangnan Mandarin ⓘ

Jianghuai Guanhua → hasAlternativeName → Jiangnan Mandarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Yangtze Mandarin

Taizhou Wu → coexistsWith → Jiangnan Mandarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin in Taizhou