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due to partial mutual intelligibility with neighboring varieties, modern linguistic research has largely established Jin as a distinct Sinitic branch independent of Mandarin. In linguistic terms, Jin is widely regarded as the only major non-Mandarin Sinitic variety predominantly spoken in northern China, distinguishing it from surrounding Mandarin-speaking regions.

Classification

After the concept of Mandarin Chinese was proposed, the Jin dialects were universally included within it,

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