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Northeastern Mandarin dialect of Shenyang, China
Shenyang Mandarin (Chinese: 沈阳话) is a dialect of Northeastern Mandarin used by people in and around Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province and the largest city in Northeast China. It is very close to Standard Chinese but has some notably distinctive words. Some people consider it a strong accent rather than a distinct dialect. Because of its similarity to the standard language, pinyin can be used to represent its pronunciation. Its usage is dwindling as schools in Shenyang teach only the standard language.
Phonology
Relative pitch changes of the four tones in Standard Chinese. Shenyang diverges the most with tone 1.
Shenyang dialect has 19 initial consonants, as opposed to the 21 in Standard Mandarin. Notably, the retroflex consonants , and in Standard Mandarin are pronounced as , and , respectively, while is omitted. While lost in Standard Mandarin, Middle Chinese is preserved in the Shenyang dialect. also exists in the Shenyang dialect.
Standard Mandarin diphthongs tend to be pronounced as monophthongs in the Shenyang dialect. For example, becomes , and becomes .
The most distinctive aspect of the Shenyang dialect is the much lower pitch of the first tone than in Standard Mandarin. It would be positioned at 2, rather than 5, on the chart shown (right). As a result, it can sound rather like the third tone.
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