Nanjing
Language Profile
TOTAL SPEAKERS
Up to 2012, the native-speakers of Nanjing dialect are about 6 million.
USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)
Nanjing dialect is used in China.BACKGROUND
Although Nanjing is the provincial capital of Jiangsu, one of the southern provinces in China, Nanjing dialect belongs to northern dialects of Chinese Language. Compared with the dialects of some other cities, such as Suzhou and Shanghai, Nanjing dialect is more similar with Northern Mandarin. The alternative name of it is Nanjing Mandarin.