Tianjin dialect

The Tianjin dialect (simplified Chinese: 天津话; traditional Chinese: 天津話; pinyin: Tiānjīnhuà) is a Mandarin dialect spoken in the city of Tianjin, China. It is largely comprehensible to speakers of other varieties Mandarin, especially those who also know Standard Mandarin, though its greatest deviation from the others lies in the specific values of the tones, the way tones affect each other, and the lack of retroflex consonants. These regional characteristics make the variety an important part of the identity of the people of Tianjin, and sharply contrasts with the variety spoken in nearby Beijing, despite relatively similar phonology.