Minjiang dialect
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| Minjiang dialect | |
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| 岷江话 | |
| Pronunciation | [min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan |
Native speakers | About 30 million[citation needed] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
cmn-xgm | |
| Glottolog | None |
 Minjiang is the central light khaki-green area around the cities of Dujiangyan, Leshan, Yibin, Qijiang, Xichong (N), Xichang (SW), and an area to the east. | |
Minjiang dialect (simplified Chinese: 岷江话; traditional Chinese: 岷江話, local pronunciation: [min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦]; pinyin: Mínjiānghuà), is a branch of Sichuanese, spoken mainly in the Min River (Mínjiāng) valley or along the Yangtze in the southern and western parts of the Sichuan Basin. There is also a language island of Minjiang dialect located in the center of the Sichuan Basin covering three counties: Xichong, Yanting, and Shehong Counties.
The primary characteristic of the Minjiang dialect is that the stop consonants for checked-tone syllables in Middle Chinese have developed into tense vowels to create a phonemic contrast, and in several cities and counties the tense vowels retain a following glottal stop. It also keeps many characteristics of Ba-Shu Chinese phonology and vocabulary.[1][2] Due to these characteristics, the status of Minjiang dialect is disputed among linguists, with some classifying it as Southwestern Mandarin,[3] and others setting it apart as a successor of Ba-Shu Chinese.[4]
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