| Lan–Yin Mandarin | |
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| 蘭銀官話 兰银官话 لًاءٍ قُوًاخُوَا | |
| Region | Gansu, northernNingxia, part of northernXinjiang |
| Chinese characters Xiao'erjing | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 | lyiu |
| Glottolog | xibe1241 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-bg |
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Lan–Yin Mandarin (Lanyin) (simplified Chinese:兰银官话;traditional Chinese:蘭銀官話;pinyin:Lán–Yín Guānhuà) is a branch ofMandarin Chinese traditionally spoken throughoutGansu province and in the northern part ofNingxia. In recent decades it has expanded into northernXinjiang.[1] It has also been grouped together withCentral Plains Mandarin (Chinese:中原官话).[2] The name is a compound of the capitals of the two former provinces where it dominates,Lanzhou andYinchuan, which are also two of its principal subdialects.
AmongChinese Muslims, it was sometimes written in theArabic alphabet instead ofChinese characters.
The14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, speaks the Xining dialect as his first language: he has said that his first language was "a brokenXining language which was (adialect of) theChinese language", a form ofCentral Plains Mandarin, and his family speak neitherAmdo Tibetan norLhasa Tibetan.[3][4][5]
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