Southwestern Mandarin, also known as Upper Yangtze Mandarin, is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken across much of Southwestern China, including Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, most of Hubei, the northwestern part of Hunan, the northern part of Guangxi and parts of southern Shaanxi and Gansu.
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RegionSpoken in much of Southwestern China, including Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, most of Hubei, northwestern Hunan, northern Guangxi and parts of southern Shaanxi and Gansu, and also in Kokang and Wa State in northern Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam. 1 Speaker CommunitySpoken by roughly 260 million people; if counted separately from central Mandarin it would rank as the eighth most-spoken language in the world by native speakers, behind Mandarin, Spanish, English, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic and Bengali. 1 Distinguishing FeaturesUnlike Standard Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin does not preserve the Middle Chinese retroflex consonant distinction, and most of its varieties also fail to retain the checked tone that many southern Chinese dialects have. 1 Classification
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Southwestern Mandarin is one of the geographic subgroups of Mandarin Chinese.
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Southwestern Mandarin is spoken by roughly 260 million people. If considered a language distinct from central Mandarin, it would be the eighth-most spoken language by native speakers in the world, behind Mandarin itself, Spanish, English, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic and Bengali.
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Southwestern Mandarin does not possess the distinction of retroflex consonants of Middle Chinese (/ʈ͡ʂ/ ⟨zh⟩, /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ ⟨ch⟩, /ʂ/ ⟨sh⟩, /ɻ/ ⟨r⟩) preserved in Standard Mandarin, most varieties of it also fail to retain the checked tone that many southern
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Southwestern Mandarin, also known as Upper Yangtze Mandarin, is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken across much of Southwestern China, including Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, most of Hubei, the northwestern part of Hunan, the northern part of Guangxi and parts of southern Shaanxi and Gansu.
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WikipediaDescends From: Mandarin Chinese, Classification > Subgroups sectionQuote, Descends From: Mandarin Chinese, Classification > Subgroups section
Southwestern Mandarin (260 million), spoken in the provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and the Mandarin-speaking areas of Hunan, Guangxi and southern Shaanxi.
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