Jilu Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 冀鲁官话; traditional Chinese: 冀魯官話; pinyin: jìlǔguānhuà) is a Mandarin dialect spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei and Shandong. Despite these areas being geographically located near Beijing, Jilu has a different accent and vocabulary from the Beijing dialect, which is the basis for Standard Mandarin, the standard Chinese spoken language.
Regional variations
- Hebei dialect 河北话, incorporating a large part of Hebei province
- Baoding dialect 保定話
- Xingtai dialect 邢台话
- Shijiazhuang dialect 石家莊話
- Shandong Mandarin 山东话, incorporating a large portion of the province of Shandong
- Tianjin dialect 天津話
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