Jin Chinese
Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋语; traditional Chinese: 晉語; pinyin: Jìnyǔ; simplified Chinese: 晋方言; traditional Chinese: 晉方言; pinyin: Jìn fāngyán) is a proposed group of varieties of Chinese spoken by roughly 48 million people in northern China, including most of Shanxi province, much of central Inner Mongolia, and adjoining areas in Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces. The status of Jin is disputed among linguists; some prefer to include it within Mandarin, but others set it apart as a closely related, but separate sister-group.
| Jin | |||||||||||||
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| 晋语 / 晉語 晋方言 / 晉方言 | |||||||||||||
Jinyu written in Chinese characters (vertically, traditional Chinese on the left, simplified Chinese on the right) | |||||||||||||
| Native to | China | ||||||||||||
| Region | most of Shanxi province; central Inner Mongolia; parts of Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi | ||||||||||||
Native speakers | 48 million (2021) | ||||||||||||
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| ISO 639-3 | cjy | ||||||||||||
| Glottolog | jiny1235 | ||||||||||||
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-c | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 晉語 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 晋语 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 山西話 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 山西话 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Shanxi speech | ||||||||||||
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