Jianghuai Mandarin

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Jianghuai Mandarin is a major subgroup of Mandarin Chinese dialects spoken primarily in central and northern Jiangsu and adjacent areas of Anhui.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect group
Mandarin Chinese dialect subgroup
contrastsWith Beijing dialect
surface form: Beijing Mandarin

Central Plains Mandarin
Jilu Mandarin
Northeastern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin
geographicDistribution areas around the Huai River
lower reaches of the Yangtze River region
hasAlternativeName Jianghuai Guanhua
Jianghuai Mandarin
surface form: Jiang–Huai Mandarin
hasGrammaticalFeature grammatical particles differing from Standard Mandarin
hasLexicalFeature vocabulary distinct from Standard Mandarin
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct tonal system compared to Standard Mandarin
initial consonant distinctions differing from Standard Mandarin
retention of certain entering-tone reflexes in some areas
hasSociolinguisticStatus regional non-standard variety relative to Putonghua
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus large regional speech community
hasSubgroup Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anqing dialect

Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nanjing dialect

Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yangzhou dialect

Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zhenjiang dialect
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
historicallyImportantCenter Nanjing
influencedBy neighboring Lower Yangtze linguistic varieties
neighboring Wu Chinese dialects
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Mandarin dialects to varying degrees
ISO639-3Code none (covered under Mandarin macrolanguage)
languageBranch Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
namedAfter Yangtze River (Jiang) and Huai River (Huai)
notUsedAs standard national language of China
partOf Northern Mandarin
surface form: Mandarin dialect continuum
spokenIn Anhui
surface form: Anhui Province

China
Jiangsu
surface form: Jiangsu Province
spokenPrimarilyIn adjacent areas of Anhui
central Jiangsu
northern Jiangsu
subclassOf Mandarin Chinese
Sinitic language variety
usedAs vernacular spoken language
usedIn everyday communication in parts of Anhui
everyday communication in parts of Jiangsu
usesStandardWrittenForm Standard written Chinese
wasBasisFor some historical forms of official Mandarin in imperial China

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Jiangsu hasLocalDialectGroup Jianghuai Mandarin
Hefei majorDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
Changzhou localDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Changzhou dialect
Jianghuai Mandarin hasAlternativeName Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Jiang–Huai Mandarin
Jianghuai Mandarin hasSubgroup Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nanjing dialect
Jianghuai Mandarin hasSubgroup Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yangzhou dialect
Jianghuai Mandarin hasSubgroup Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Zhenjiang dialect
Jianghuai Mandarin hasSubgroup Jianghuai Mandarin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Anqing dialect
Huaian majorDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
Nantong languageUsed Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Jianghuai Mandarin dialects
Yangzhou dialect Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Yangzhou dialect of Jianghuai Mandarin
Zhenjiang localDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
Huainan hasDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Huai River Mandarin
Xinan Guanhua contrastWith Jianghuai Mandarin
Pei County primaryDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
Hangzhounese hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Jianghuai Mandarin
Jianghuai Guanhua hasAlternativeName Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Jiang–Huai Mandarin
Southern Mandarin hasRepresentativeDialect Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Nanjing dialect
Tianning District hasLanguage Jianghuai Mandarin
this entity surface form: Jianghuai Mandarin (local dialect)
Jintan District hasLocalDialect Jianghuai Mandarin