Manjiang Dialect

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

Short description: Eastern Min dialect of China

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

↑ ^1.0 ^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.汉语方言卷&rft.pages=pp. 204–208&rft.edition=2nd&rft.place=Beijing&rft.pub=Commercial+Press&rft.isbn=978-7-100-07054-6&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Social:Manjiang_dialect">

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Manjiang
蠻講, 蠻話
Native to	China
Region	southeastern Zhejiang
Native speakers	500,000 (2012)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Coastal Min Eastern Min Manjiang
Early form	Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	`79-AAA-ia`