Jilu Mandarin

{{Short description|Dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Hebei and Shandong}}

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{{Infobox language

|name=Ji–Lu Mandarin

|nativename=Beifang Mandarin

|region=Hebei, Shandong

|speakers=84 million

|speakers2=12.6% of all Mandarin

|ref=Keith Brown Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics 2007 Elsevier {{ISBN|0-08-044299-4}} Gu Y 2 page 344

|date = 1982

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Sinitic

|fam3=Chinese

|fam4=Mandarin

|map=Mandarín jilu.png

|mapcaption={{imagefact|date=November 2022}}

|isoexception=dialect

|iso6=jlua

|linglist=cmn-jil

|glotto=jilu1239

|glottorefname=Jilu Guanhua

|lingua=79-AAA-be

}}

Jilu or Ji–Lu Mandarin, formerly known as Beifang Mandarin "Northern Mandarin", is a dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei (冀, Jì) and the western part of Shandong (魯, Lǔ) and Xunke, Tangwang & Jiayin counties of Heilongjiang. Its name is a combination of the abbreviated names of the two provinces, which derive from ancient local provinces.现代汉语方言大词典 (The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects) 2002 Jiangsu Educational Publishers (2002 12 1 ) {{ISBN|7534350808}} The names are combined as Ji–Lu Mandarin.

Although these areas are near Beijing, Ji–Lu has a different accent and many lexical differences from the Beijing dialect, which is the basis for Standard Chinese, the official national language. There are three dialect groups: Bao–Tang, Shi–Ji, and Cang–Hui.Maria Kurpaska Chinese Language(s): A Look through the Prism of The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects 2010 Page 79 "5.1.3. Ji–Lu Mandarin group (冀鲁官话区 Jìlǔ Guānhuàqū) (cf. Atlas: Bl, B2, B3, B7; You Rujie 2004: 7)54 The A and B features of the Beijing Mandarin group are also true for the Ji–Lu Mandarin group. The main differences between the Beijing ..."Cahiers de linguistique: Asie orientale - Volume 37, Issues 1-2 2008 -- Page 32 "Therefore, given that the uses of gei as a direct object marker or an agent marker do not appear to be typical for other dialects of the Greater Beijing Mandarin and Jì-Lǔ Mandarin area, and that it is attested at best sporadically in earlier ..."

People from the eastern part of Shandong, or the Jiaodong Peninsula, speak Jiaoliao Mandarin.