Jiaoliao Mandarin


Jiaoliao or Jiao-Liao Mandarin is a primary dialect of Mandarin Chinese, spoken on the Jiaodong Peninsula, from Yantai to Qingdao, Ganyu District in northeastern Jiangsu and the Liaodong Peninsula, from Dalian to Dandong, and along the Yalu River and the Ussuri River, in northeast China. Yantai, Dalian, and Weihai dialects are the standard Jiao-Liao Mandarin.
Jiao-Liao Mandarin is also called Lái, for the state of Lai and its people who lived on the Jiao-Liao Peninsulas.

Etymology

Jiao is short for the Jiao River. Liao is short for the Liaodong Peninsula, and the name Liaodong means "East of the Liao River".

Sub-dialects