The Leshan dialect (simplified Chinese: 乐山话; traditional Chinese: 樂山話; pinyin: Lèshānhuà; Sichuanese Standard Chinese: No2san1hua4; locally) is the Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan and is a variety of Minjiang. It preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.
Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan
Leshan dialect
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- Native to
- China
- Region
- Shizhong District, Leshan Wutongqiao District Shawan District Qianwei County Muchuan County
- Native speakers
- (undated figure of 770,000)
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan SiniticChineseBa–Shu (Disputed) Mandarin (Disputed)Southwestern?Sichuanese?MinjiangLeshan
- Early forms
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Ba–Shu Chinese (Disputed) Middle Chinese (Disputed) Old Mandarin (Disputed)
- ISO 639-3
- –
- ISO 639-6
- mjic
- Glottolog
- None
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