Nanjing dialect
| Nanjing dialect | |
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| Nankinese | |
| 南京話 Nánjīnghuà | |
| Native to | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Nanjing, Jiangsu province |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | nanj1234 |
| Nanjing dialect | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 南京話 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南京话 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Nanjing speech | ||||||||
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The Nanjing dialect, also known as Nanjingese, Nankingese, or Nankinese, is the prestige dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in the urban area of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. It is part of the Jianghuai group of Chinese varieties.