Beijing dialect
Dialect of Beijing Mandarin spoken in the capital of the PRC / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Beijing dialect (simplified Chinese: 北京话; traditional Chinese: 北京話; pinyin: Běijīnghuà), also known as Pekingese and Beijingese, is the prestige dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China. It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, the official language in the People's Republic of China and one of the official languages of Singapore and the Republic of China (Taiwan). Despite the similarity to Standard Chinese, it is characterized by some "iconic" differences, including the addition of a final rhotic 儿; -r to some words (e.g. 哪儿; nǎr).[citation needed] During the Ming, southern dialectal influences were also introduced into the dialect.[2]
Beijing dialect | |
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Pekingese, Beijingese | |
北京话 Běijīnghuà | |
Region | Beijing urban districts[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
ISO 639-6 | bjjg |
cmn-bej | |
Glottolog | beij1234 |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-bb |
IETF | cmn-u-sd-cnbj |
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