Xinjiang Mandarin
Appearance
Xinjiang Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 新疆官话; traditional Chinese: 新疆官話; pinyin: Xinjiang; Guānhuà)s are branches of Mandarin Chinese spoken throughout Xinjiang. Lanyin Mandarin is spoken in northern Xinjiang.[1][2] Central Plains Mandarin (中原官话) is spoken in southern Xinjiang[3], and Beijing Mandarin is spoken in northern Xinjiang. [4] . Due to Language contact between Uyghur and Han Chinese, Xinjiang Mandarin received some elements from Uyghur language.[5]
References
Citations
- ^ China - Page 902 Chung Wah Chow, David Eimer, Caroline B Heller - 2009 "Language Most of the population in Qīnghǎi speaks a northwestern Chinese dialect similar to Gānsù huà (part of the Lan–Yin Mandarin family). Tibetans speak the Amdo or Kham dialects of Tibetan. It's possible to travel almost everywhere using ..."
- ^ Wurm et al. (1987), Maps B4, B5.
- ^ Wurm et al. (1987), Maps B3, B4, B5.
- ^ Wurm et al. (1987), Maps B2, B5.
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272320363_Language_contact_between_Uyghur_and_Chinese_in_Xinjiang_PRC_Uyghur_elements_in_Xinjiang_Putonghua
- Works cited
- Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Li, Rong; Baumann, Theo; Lee, Mei W. (1987), Language Atlas of China, Longman, ISBN 978-962-359-085-3.