Jiao-Liao Mandarin
| Jiao-Liao Mandarin | |
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| Spoken in | Shandong and Liaodong |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| linguist List | cmn-jia |
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Jiao–Liao or Jiaoliao Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 胶辽官话; traditional Chinese: 膠遼官話; pinyin: Jiāoliáo guānhuà ) is a primary dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken on the Shandong (aka Jiaodong) Peninsulas, from Yantai to Qingdao, and Liaodong Peninsulas, from Dalian to Dandong, in northeast China. Yantai, Dalian, and Weihai dialects are the standard Jiao-Liao Mandarin.
Jiao-Liao Mandarin is also called Lai (Hanzi: 萊; Kanji: 莱), which is not only a language but also an ancient ethnic groups lived on the Jiao-Liao Peninsulas[1].
Lai people were assimilated by Han just like Manchu people. Today's Jiao-Liao people, such as Yantai people and Dalian people and so on, may be the descendants of Lai. Lai renewed their kindom called Donglai in today's Longkou city of Yantai, so Longkou dialect (aka Yantai dialect) may be the standard Lai language. Laiyi belongs to Dongyi that made the Chinese characters.
Jiao is short for Jiaodong Peninsula. Jiaodong means the east of Jiao-Lai river. Jiao-Lai means Jiaozhou city and Laizhou city.
Liao is short for Liaodong Peninsula. Liaodong means the east of Liao river. Liao is also short for Liaoyang city.
[edit] Sub-dialects
[edit] References
- ^ Dolmen Culture of Bronze Age, Lai People Fleeing to Liaodong (in Chinese)
- ^ Yantai dialect (in Chinese)
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