Jiaoliao or Jiao–Liao Mandarin ( zh , s=胶辽官话 , t=膠遼官話 , p=Jiāo–Liáo Guānhuà), sometimes referred to as Peninsular Mandarin, is a primary dialect of

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...

, spoken on the Jiaodong Peninsula, from Yantai to Qingdao, Ganyu District in northeastern

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

and the Liaodong Peninsula, from

Dalian Dalian ( ) is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang ...

to Dandong, and in Mishan, Hulin, Fuyuan & Raohe counties of

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...

. Yantai, Dalian, and Weihai dialects are the standard Jiao–Liao Mandarin.Margaret Mian Yan Introduction to Chinese Dialectology 2006 - Page 62 "Jiao–Liao Mandarin Group 胶辽官话The estimated number of native speakers of this group is 28.83 million; it is divided into the following subgroups: (1) Qingzhou subgroup (2) Deng–Lian subgroup (3) Gai–Huan Subgroup 5. Zhongyuan Mandarin ..."

Etymology

Jiao is short for the Jiao River. Liao is short for the Liaodong Peninsula, and the name ''Liaodong'' means "East of the Liao River". (''Liao'' is also an abbreviation used for the city of Liaoyang.)

Sub-dialects

* Yantai dialect * Dalian dialect * Weifang dialect * Weihai dialect * Dandong dialect * Qingdao dialect * Rizhao dialect

References

Dalian Dandong Mandarin Chinese Qingdao Weifang {{St-lang-stub