Dialects
Jin can be divided into the following 8 subdivisions:
- Bingzhou, or that spoken in central Shanxi, including Taiyuan
- Lüliang, or that spoken in western Shanxi and northern Shaanxi
- Shangdang, or that spoken in southeastern Shanxi
- Wutai, or that spoken in parts of northern Shanxi and central Inner Mongolia
- Datong-Baotou, or that spoken in parts of northern Shanxi and central Inner Mongolia
- Zhangjiakou-Hohhot, or that spoken in northwestern Hebei and parts of central Inner Mongolia
- Handan-Xinxiang, or that spoken in southeastern Shanxi, southern Hebei and northern Henan
- Zhidan-Yanchuan(志丹-延川)
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