Mutual Intelligibility With Mandarin Dialects
There is a varying degree of mutual intelligibility between Dungan and various Mandarin dialects. The Shaanxi and Gansu Mandarin dialects are understood by Dungans. On the other hand, Dungan speakers like Yasyr Shivaza and others have reported that Chinese who speak Beijing Mandarin dialect can understand Dungan, but Dungans could not understand the Beijing Mandarin.
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