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Nanjing dialect information


Nanjing dialect
Nankinese
南京話
Nánjīnghuà
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionNanjing, Jiangsu province
EthnicityNanjing People (Han Chinese)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sinitic
    • Chinese
      • Mandarin
        • Jianghuai
          • Nanjing dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolognanj1234

The Nanjing dialect (simplified Chinese: 南京话; traditional Chinese: 南京話; pinyin: Nánjīnghuà), also known as Nankinese, Nankingese, Nanjingese and Nanjing Mandarin, is the prestige dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Nanjing, China. It is part of the Jianghuai group of Chinese varieties.[1]

  1. ^ Chappell (2002), p. 244.

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