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.
Aliases (6)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese dialect group
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Mandarin Chinese dialect subgroup → |
| contrastsWith |
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
→
Jiang–Huai Mandarin → |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
grammatical particles differing from Standard Mandarin
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| hasLexicalFeature |
vocabulary distinct from Standard Mandarin
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| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct tonal system compared to Standard Mandarin
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initial consonant distinctions differing from Standard Mandarin → retention of certain entering-tone reflexes in some areas → |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
regional non-standard variety relative to Putonghua
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| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus |
large regional speech community
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| hasSubgroup |
Anqing dialect
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Nanjing dialect → Yangzhou dialect → Zhenjiang dialect → |
| hasWritingSystem |
Chinese characters
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| historicallyImportantCenter |
Nanjing
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| influencedBy |
neighboring Lower Yangtze linguistic varieties
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neighboring Wu Chinese dialects → |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
other Mandarin dialects to varying degrees
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| ISO639-3Code |
none (covered under Mandarin macrolanguage)
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| languageBranch |
Sinitic languages
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| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan languages
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| namedAfter |
Yangtze River (Jiang) and Huai River (Huai)
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| notUsedAs |
standard national language of China
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| partOf |
Mandarin dialect continuum
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| spokenIn |
Anhui Province
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China → Jiangsu Province → |
| spokenPrimarilyIn |
adjacent areas of Anhui
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central Jiangsu → northern Jiangsu → |
| subclassOf |
Mandarin Chinese
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Sinitic language variety → |
| usedAs |
vernacular spoken language
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| usedIn |
everyday communication in parts of Anhui
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everyday communication in parts of Jiangsu → |
| usesStandardWrittenForm |
Standard written Chinese
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| wasBasisFor |
some historical forms of official Mandarin in imperial China
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
("Nanjing dialect")
→
Jianghuai Mandarin ("Yangzhou dialect") → Jianghuai Mandarin ("Zhenjiang dialect") → Jianghuai Mandarin ("Anqing dialect") → |
hasSubgroup |
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Jianghuai Mandarin
("Jiang–Huai Mandarin")
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hasAlternativeName |
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Jiangsu
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hasLocalDialectGroup |
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Changzhou
("Changzhou dialect")
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localDialect |
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Hefei
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majorDialect |