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 region
linked to: Huai River Plain

Jiangsu Province
linked to: Jiangsu
hasAlternativeName Jiang–Huai Mandarin
linked to: Jianghuai Mandarin

Lower Yangtze Mandarin
linked to: Jiangnan 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 Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
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 Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
region Anhui Province
linked to: Anhui

China
Jiangsu Province
linked to: Jiangsu

Lower Yangtze region
linked to: Yangtze River Delta

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