Social:Manjiang dialect

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Short description: Eastern Min dialect of China
Manjiang
蠻講, 蠻話
Native toChina
Regionsoutheastern Zhejiang
Native speakers
500,000 (2012)[1]
Early form
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
Linguasphere79-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; literally: '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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cao 2012, p. 205.

Sources

  • Cao, Zhiyun (2012). "B2-10 Zhèjiāng Shěng de Hànyǔ fāngyán" (in Chinese). Zhōngguó yǔyán dìtú jí. 汉语方言卷 (2nd ed.). Beijing: Commercial Press. pp. 204–208. ISBN 978-7-100-07054-6.