Southwestern Mandarin - Subdivisions

Subdivisions

Southwestern Mandarin has been classified into twelve dialect groups:

  • Chengyu 成渝 (Chengdu and Chongqing)
  • Dianxi 滇西 (western Yunnan): Yaoli 姚里 and Baolu 保潞 clusters
  • Qianbei 黔北 (northern Guizhou)
  • Kungui 昆貴 (Kunming and Guiyang)
  • Guanchi 灌赤 (Minjiang dialect, southwest Sichuan and northern Yunnan): Minjiang 岷江, Renfu 仁富, Yamian 雅棉, and Lichuan 丽川 clusters
  • Ebei 鄂北 (northern Hubei)
  • Wutian 武天 (Wuhan)
  • Cenjiang 岑江
  • Xiangnan 湘南 (southern Hunan)
  • Guiliu 桂柳 (Guilin and Liuzhou)
  • Changhe 常鹤

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