Beijing dialect

For the major branch of Mandarin spoken in Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Tianjin, see Beijing Mandarin (division of Mandarin).
Beijing dialect
Pekingese, Beijingese
北京话
Běijīnghuà
Native toChina
RegionBeijing urban districts[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
ISO 639-6bjjg
cmn-bej
Glottologbeij1234
Linguasphere79-AAA-bb
IETFcmn-u-sd-cnbj
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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. 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]

  1. ^ Zhou, Yimin (2002). 现代北京话研究. Beijing Normal University Press. p. 202. ISBN 7-303-06225-4.
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