Northeastern Mandarin or Northeast "Chinese" Dialect is a variety of Mandarin Chinese, known collectively as "Dongbeihua" (Traditional Chinese: 東北話; Simplified Chinese: 东北话; pinyin: Dōngběihuà; literally "Northeast Speech/Language"). Northeastern dialect is very similar to the Beijing dialect, upon which Standard Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) is based. Although, many Northeasterns claim to speak a more pure form of Mandarin than those in China's capital. Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: MÇŽnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family of about 250 languages of East Asia, second only to Indo-European in terms of the number of speakers. ... This article is about the state in Asia. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Mandarin has a number of meanings: mandarin, a bureaucrat of Imperial China, and in the United Kingdom and Canada, by analogy, any government bureaucrat Mandarin, a group of dialects of spoken Chinese, or more specifically, its standardized dialect, Standard Mandarin Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines mandarin duck, Aix... Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Standard Mandarin is the official Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Singapore. ... Standard Mandarin refers to the official Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China on Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore. ...

Spoken Region of the Language

The dialect is spoken by people in the Northeastern part of Mainland China; areas like Liáoníng (辽宁), Jílín (吉林), and Hēilóngjiāng (黑龙江) provinces. These three provinces make-up what is know as Manchuria. Although, the Beijing government and the most Chinese call the area "Northeastern China." With over 100 million people living in the Northeastern part of China, the speaking population is quite large. Like the other dialects, differences between Northeastern Mandarin and Standard Mandarin arise from the wide geographical distribution and cultural diversity of China. Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: MÇŽnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... Standard Mandarin is the official Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Singapore. ...

Northeast China Mandarin 东北官话/東北官話

On top of being recognized as an regional dialect of Mandarin, Northeastern Mandarin can be broken up into regions (cities) where there might be slight differences. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

• Changchun dialect 长春话/長春話
• Harbin dialect 哈尔浜话/哈爾濱話
• Qiqihar dialect 斉斉哈尔话/齊齊哈爾話
• Shenyang dialect 沈阳话/瀋陽話

Linguists Information

Usually, Chinese who speak Northeastern Mandarin describe the variant that they are speaking, as a Northeast China dialect, and consider it distinct from "Standard Mandarin". However, linguists classifies Northeastern Mandarin as a form of "Mandarin" in a broader sense.

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Cultural and Regional Identity

Although, not considered its own dialect around academic circles, variants like Northeastern Mandarin offen contribute to a strong regional identity. For example: One can usually recongize a Northeasterner by their speech (much like how one can assume a person with a southern accent to be from the Southern parts of United States). Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from northern Virginia and central Kentucky to the Gulf Coast, and from the Atlantic coast to central Texas. ...

Origins of Language

Dongbeihua also retains elements from native Tungus languages, Japanese and Russian: there are enough differences to give the dialect its own distinctive characteristics. The Northeast China dialect is the Mandarin dialect spoken in Northeastern China. Northeastern China dialect evolved from Han immigrants mainly from Shandong and Hebei provinces. Tungus can mean several things: Tungus is an obsolete term for the Evenks of Russia. ...

Differences Between Beijing and Northeastern Dialects

Unlike the southern dialects (like Cantonese), Northeastern Mandarin is telligible to Stardard Mandarin. Anyone who speaks Standard Mandarin are able to understand majority (if not all) the vocabuary of a Northeastern speaker. The major differences between Northeastern Mandarin and that of Standard Mandarin is the use of colloquialisms (or informal) vocabuary in speech. Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语]], Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: Yuèyǔ, lit. ... A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech or writing. ...

In addition, several sounds like "sh", "ch", "r" sounds tend to be replaced by "s", "c", "n" sounds respectively. An example of sound differences between the two dialects can be seen in the Chinese tongue twister Shísì-shì-shísì(十四是十四).

In Standard Mandarin (Beijing Dialect):

十四是十四；四十是四十。十四不是四十；四十也不是十四。十四，四十都不是四十四。

Pinyin: Shí-sì shì shí-sì; sì-shí shì Sì-shí. Shí-sì bú-shì sì-shí; sì-shí yě bú-shì shí-sì. Shí-sì, sì-shí dōu bú-shì sì-shí-sì.

In Northeastern Mandarin:

十四是十四；四十是四十。十四不是四十；四十也不是十四。十四，四十都不是四十四。

Pinyin: Sí-sì sì sí-sì; sì-sí sì Sì-sí. Sí-sì bú-sì sì-sí; sì-sí yě bú-sì sí-sì. Sí-sì, sì-sí dōu bú-sì sì-sí-sì.

~Notice the replacement of the "sh" sound by the "s" sound. However, although the pronouncations are different the tones are the same.