Manjiang dialect

Manjiang
Manjiang
蠻講, 蠻話
Native to	China
Region	southeastern Zhejiang
Native speakers	500,000 (2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Min Eastern Min Manjiang; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	79-AAA-ia

Manjiang (simplified Chinese: 蛮讲; traditional Chinese: 蠻講; pinyin: Mánjiǎng), also known as Manhua (simplified Chinese: 蛮话; traditional Chinese: 蠻話; pinyin: Mánhuà; lit. 'Man speech'), is an Eastern Min dialect spoken mainly in Taishun and Cangnan Counties in Wenzhou, as well as parts of Qingyuan County in Lishui, in southeastern Zhejiang province.^[1]

As a dialect of Eastern Min, Manjiang is very distant from major Chinese varieties such as Mandarin and Cantonese, and displays very significant elements of a substratal indigenous language, perhaps belonging to the Austroasiatic or Tai–Kadai language families.

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Cao 2012, p. 205.

References[]

Cao, Zhiyun (2012). "B2-10 Zhèjiāng Shěng de Hànyǔ fāngyán" B2—10 浙江省的汉语方言 [B2-10: Chinese Dialects in Zhejiang Province]. Zhōngguó yǔyán dìtú jí 中国语言地图集 [Language Atlas of China] (in Chinese). Vol. 汉语方言卷 (2nd ed.). Beijing: Commercial Press. pp. 204–208. ISBN 978-7-100-07054-6.

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[FOOTNOTECao2012205-1] Cao 2012, p. 205.

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