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southern variant

Mandarin dialect

Also known as: Lower Yangtze variant, Nanking variant

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distribution in China

In China: Sino-Tibetan of China
The third is the southern variant, also known as the Nanjing or Lower Yangtze variant, which is spoken in northern Jiangsu and in southern and central Anhui. Some authorities also recognize a fourth variant, Northwestern, which is used in most of northwestern China. Related to Mandarin are the Hunan,…
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