Subdivisions
Southwestern Mandarin has been classified into twelve dialect groups:
- Chengyu 成渝 (Chengdu and Chongqing)
- Dianxi 滇西 (western Yunnan): Yaoli 姚里 and Baolu 保潞 clusters
- Qianbei 黔北 (northern Guizhou)
- Kungui 昆貴 (Kunming and Guiyang)
- Guanchi 灌赤 (Minjiang dialect, southwest Sichuan and northern Yunnan): Minjiang 岷江, Renfu 仁富, Yamian 雅棉, and Lichuan 丽川 clusters
- Ebei 鄂北 (northern Hubei)
- Wutian 武天 (Wuhan)
- Cenjiang 岑江
- Xiangnan 湘南 (southern Hunan)
- Guiliu 桂柳 (Guilin and Liuzhou)
- Changhe 常鹤
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