Beijing Mandarin (division of Mandarin)

Beijing 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)
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

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, 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.

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