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Minjiang
Nanlu
岷江话
Pronunciation	[min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦]
Native to	China
Region	Sichuan,Chongqing,Guizhou andYunnan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Ba–Shu(Disputed) Mandarin(Disputed) Southwestern? Sichuanese? Minjiang
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Ba–Shu Chinese(Disputed) Middle Chinese(Disputed) Old Mandarin(Disputed)
Dialects	Leshan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	cmn-xgm
Glottolog	None
Minjiang is the central  light khaki-green area around the cities and counties ofDujiangyan,Leshan,Yibin,Qijiang,Xichong (N),Xichang (SW), and an area to the east.

TheMinjiang dialect (simplified Chinese:岷江话;traditional Chinese:岷江話,locally[min˨˩tɕiaŋ˥xa˨˨˦];pinyin:Mínjiānghuà) is a possibleSichuanese dialect spoken mainly in theMin River (Mínjiāng) valley or along theYangtze in the southern and western parts of theSichuan Basin inChina. There is also alanguage island of the Minjiang dialect located in the center of the Sichuan Basin covering several counties, including all ofXichong,Yanting, andShehong Counties, and part ofJiange,Cangxi,Nanbu,Langzhong andBazhong. The Minjiang dialect is also referred to as theNanlu dialect by some scholars.

The primary characteristic of the Minjiang dialect is that thestop consonants for checked-tone syllables inMiddle Chinese have developed intotense vowels to create a phonemic contrast, and in several cities and counties the tense vowels retain a followingglottal stop. It also keeps many characteristics ofBa–Shu Chinese phonology and vocabulary.^[1][2] Due to these characteristics, the status of the Minjiang dialect is disputed among linguists, with some classifying it asSouthwestern Mandarin,^[3] and others setting it apart as a continuation of Ba–Shu Chinese, the native language of Sichuan before the end of the Yuan dynasty.^[4]

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