Beijing Mandarin (division of Mandarin)

Beijing Mandarin
Beijingese
北京官話 / 北京官话 Běijīng Guānhuà
Pronunciation	Beijing dialect: [pèɪtɕíŋ kwánxwâ]
Region	Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Tianjin
Native speakers	27 million (2004)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Mandarin Beijing Mandarin
Dialects	Beijing dialect Chengde dialect Chifeng dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	bjgh
Linguist List	cmn-bei
Glottolog	beij1235  Beijingic
Linguasphere	79-AAA-bb
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In Chinese dialectology, Beijing Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 北京官话; traditional Chinese: 北京官話; pinyin: Běijīng Guānhuà) refers to a major branch of Mandarin Chinese recognized by the Language Atlas of China, encompassing a number of dialects spoken in areas of Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Tianjin,^[1] the most important of which is the Beijing dialect, which provides the phonological basis for Standard Chinese. Both Beijing Mandarin and its Beijing dialect are also called Beijingese.