Beijing Mandarin | |
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Beijingese | |
北京官話 / 北京官话 Běijīng Guānhuà | |
Pronunciation | Beijing dialect: [pèɪtɕíŋ kwánxwâ] |
Region | Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Tianjin |
Native speakers | 27 million (2004)[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
ISO 639-6 | bjgh |
cmn-bei | |
Glottolog | beij1235 Beijingic |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-bb |
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In Chinese dialectology, Beijing Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 北京官话; traditional Chinese: 北京官話; pinyin: Běijīng Guānhuà) refers to a major branch of Mandarin Chinese recognized by the Language Atlas of China, encompassing a number of dialects spoken in areas of Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Tianjin,[1] the most important of which is the Beijing dialect, which provides the phonological basis for Standard Chinese. Both Beijing Mandarin and its Beijing dialect are also called Beijingese.