Manjiang dialect
Manjiang (simplified Chinese: 蛮讲; traditional Chinese: 蠻講; pinyin: Mánjiǎng), also known as Man (simplified Chinese: 蛮话; traditional Chinese: 蠻話; pinyin: Mánhuà; lit.: 'Man speech'), is an Eastern Min dialect spoken in Taishun and Cangnan counties of Wenzhou prefecture in Southeast Zhejiang province.
| Manjiang | |
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| 蠻講, 蠻話 | |
| Native to | Southern China |
| Region | Taishun and Cangnan, Wenzhou, Zhejiang |
Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ia |
As a dialect of Eastern Min, Manjiang is very distant from major Chinese varieties such as Mandarin and Cantonese, and displays very significant elements of a substratal indigenous language, perhaps belonging to the Austroasiatic or Tai–Kadai language families.
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