Loading AI tools
Dialect of Mandarin Chinese From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jiaoliao or Jiao–Liao Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 胶辽官话; traditional Chinese: 膠遼官話; pinyin: Jiāo–Liáo Guānhuà), sometimes referred to as Peninsular Mandarin, is a primary dialect of Mandarin Chinese, spoken on the Jiaodong Peninsula, from Yantai to Qingdao, Ganyu District in northeastern Jiangsu and the Liaodong Peninsula, from Dalian to Dandong, and in Mishan, Hulin, Fuyuan & Raohe counties of Heilongjiang. Yantai, Dalian, and Weihai dialects are the standard Jiao–Liao Mandarin.[1]
Jiao–Liao Mandarin | |
---|---|
Peninsular Mandarin | |
Native to | China |
Region | Shandong and Liaodong |
Native speakers | 35 million (2019)[citation needed] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
ISO 639-6 | jliu |
cmn-jia | |
Glottolog | Nonehuab1238 Central Plain Guanhua |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-bd |
Jiao is short for the Jiao River. Liao is short for the Liaodong Peninsula, and the name Liaodong means "East of the Liao River". (Liao is also an abbreviation used for the city of Liaoyang.)
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.