兰银官话

Lanyin Mandarin

Sinitic (Mandarin, Lan-Yin)

FamilySinitic (Mandarin, Lan-Yin) Speakers~17M ScriptSimplified Chinese CountriesChina (Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, parts of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia) Official inNo (regional) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3cmn

Lanyin Mandarin (兰银官话) is the northwestern Mandarin sub-branch — named for its two prestige cities Lanzhou (Gansu) and Yinchuan (Ningxia) — with ~17M speakers across Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and parts of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. Its tone system is simplified relative to Standard Mandarin, with only 3 tones in some sub-varieties. The region is the heartland of the Hui Muslim minority, and Lanyin Mandarin shows distinctive Arabic and Persian loanwords for religious and cultural concepts entering through Hui-Islamic networks (e.g. nián for "year" via Persian sāl-related calques in Hui register; cf. 经堂语 "scripture-hall language"), as well as substrate contact with Tibetan, Mongolic, and historically Tangut languages.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Lanyin Mandarin

Water

/sui˥˧/

Fire

/xo˥˧/

Sun

日头

/ʐɨ˨˦tʰəu˨˦/

Moon

月亮

/yɛ˦˦ljaŋ/

Mother

/ma˧˧/

Father

/pa˥˧/

Eat

/tʂʰɨ˧˧/

Drink

/xɛ˧˧/

Love

/ɛ˨˦/

Heart

/ɕin˧˩/

Tree

/sɨ˨˦/

House

房子

/faŋ˨˦tsɨ/

Dog

/kəu˥˧/

Cat

/mau˧˧/

Hand

/sou˥˧/

Eye

眼睛

/jɛn˥˧tɕin/

Hello

你好

/ni˥˧xau˥˧/

Thank you

谢谢

/ɕjɛ˨˦ɕjɛ/

One

/ji˧˧/

Good

/xau˥˧/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Sinitic (Mandarin, Lan-Yin) languages

Meaning Lanyin MandarinXi'an MandarinKunming MandarinJianghuai MandarinTianjin MandarinChengdu MandarinZhongyuan Mandarin
Water /sui˥˧/ /fei˥˧/ /suei˥˧/ /suei˨˩˦/ /ʂwei˨˩˧/ /suei˥˧/ /suei˥˥/
Fire /xo˥˧/ /xuo˥˧/ /xo˥˧/ /xuo˨˩˦/ /xwo˨˩˧/ /xo˥˧/ /xuo˨˩˧/
Sun 日头 /ʐɨ˨˦tʰəu˨˦/ 日头 /ʐɿ˥˥tʰou˨˦/ 太阳 /tʰæ˨˩˨iaŋ˧˩/ 日头 /ʐəʔ˦˦tʰəu˨˦/ 日头 /ʐʅ˥˩tʰoʊ˨˦/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩˧iaŋ˨˩/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩iaŋ˨˩˧/
Moon 月亮 /yɛ˦˦ljaŋ/ 月亮 /ye˥˥liaŋ˨˩/ 月亮 /ye˧˩liaŋ˨˩˨/ 月亮 /yeʔ˥˥liaŋ˦˦/ 月亮 /ɥɛ˥˩ljaŋ/ 月亮 /ye˨˩lia̠ŋ˨˩˧/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˦liaŋ/
Mother /ma˧˧/ /ma˨˩/ /ma˦˦/ /ma˧˧/ /ma˩˩/ 妈妈 /ma˥ma/ 妈妈 /ma˨˦ma/
Father /pa˥˧/ /pa˥˥/ /tie˦˦/ /pa˥˥/ /pa˥˩/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/
Eat /tʂʰɨ˧˧/ /tʂʰɿ˨˩/ /tsʰʅ˦˦/ /tʂʰʅ˥˥/ /tʂʰɨ˩˩/ /tsʰɿ˨˩/ /tʂʰʅ˨˦/
Drink /xɛ˧˧/ /xɤ˨˩/ /xo˦˦/ /xəʔ˥˥/ /xɤ˩˩/ /xo˨˩/ /xɤ˨˦/
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Han readings compared

Character Lanyin MandarinNortheastern MandarinTianjin MandarinNanjing MandarinWuhan MandarinXi'an MandarinJiao-Liao Mandarin
yi¹³ /i˩˧/ yi⁵⁵ /i˥˥/ yi²¹ /i˨˩/ yiq⁵ /iʔ˥/ yi²¹³ /i˨˩˧/ yiq²¹ /i˨˩/ yi⁵⁵ /i˥˥/
er¹³ /ɚ˩˧/ er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/ er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/ er⁴⁴ /ɚ˦˦/ er³⁵ /ɚ˧˥/ er⁴⁴ /ɚ˦˦/ er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/
san³¹ /sã˧˩/ san⁵⁵ /san˥˥/ san²¹ /sɑn˨˩/ san³¹ /sã˧˩/ san⁵⁵ /san˥˥/ san²¹ /sã˨˩/ san²¹³ /sã˨˩˧/
si¹³ /sɿ˩˧/ si⁵³ /sɿ˥˧/ si⁵³ /sɿ˥˧/ si⁴⁴ /sɿ˦˦/ si³⁵ /sɿ˧˥/ si⁴⁴ /sɿ˦˦/ si⁵³ /sɿ˥˧/
wu⁴⁴² /u˦˦˨/ wu²¹³ /u˨˩˧/ wu¹³ /u˩˧/ wu²¹² /u˨˩˨/ wu⁴² /u˦˨/ wu⁵³ /u˥˧/ wu⁵⁵ /u˥˥/
liu¹³ /liou˩˧/ liu⁵³ /liou˥˧/ liu⁵³ /liou˥˧/ loq⁵ /loʔ˥/ nou²¹³ /nəu˨˩˧/ liuq²¹ /liou˨˩/ liou⁵³ /liou˥˧/
qi¹³ /tɕʰi˩˧/ qi⁵⁵ /tɕʰi˥˥/ qi²¹ /tɕʰi˨˩/ ciq⁵ /tsʰiʔ˥/ qi²¹³ /tɕʰi˨˩˧/ qiq²¹ /tɕʰi˨˩/ qi⁵⁵ /tɕʰi˥˥/
ba¹³ /pa˩˧/ ba⁵⁵ /pa˥˥/ ba²¹ /pa˨˩/ baq⁵ /paʔ˥/ ba²¹³ /pa˨˩˧/ baq²¹ /pa˨˩/ ba⁵⁵ /pa˥˥/
jiu⁴⁴² /tɕiou˦˦˨/ jiu²¹³ /tɕiou˨˩˧/ jiu¹³ /tɕiou˩˧/ jiu²¹² /tɕiəu˨˩˨/ jiu⁴² /tɕiəu˦˨/ jiu⁵³ /tɕiou˥˧/ jiu⁵⁵ /tɕiou˥˥/
shi⁵³ /ʂʅ˥˧/ shi³⁵ /ʂʐ̩˧˥/ shi⁴⁵ /ʂʐ̩˦˥/ seq⁵ /ʂəʔ˥/ si²¹³ /sɿ˨˩˧/ siq²⁴ /sʐ̩˨˦/ shi⁴² /ʂʐ̩˦˨/
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