what is the language used in Hennan province, China?

[Guest]

what is the language used in Hennan province, China?
i'd appreciate it if you can tell me!

thank you!!!

luvy'all!

>> ZuLEikA <<@

[Guest]

what is the language used in Hennan province, China?
i'd appreciate it if you can tell me!

thank you!!!

luvy'all!

>> ZuLEikA <<@

Mandarin

[qrasy]

It should be Henan (He+Nan), not Hennan.

I've heard that Mandarin is called 'bei fang fang hua' (northern dialect). So Henan is already north? And how about some languages similar to Hakka found there?

[SlowSteady]

You've probably already gone to China and returned three times by the time I found this post and responded, but if you haven't already discovered, Henan province, while probably housing several dialects as one goes to rural areas, has Mandarin as its prominent dialect - its used in schools - one of my best friends and her two children speak Mandarin not far removed from the Dongbei accent of the northeast part of the country - some slight relaxation of certain tones, maybe less pointed than Shanghai and to a greater degree Beijing in terms of "shi" (and other tones), but most definitely Mandarin - she reports to me that Zhengzhou and Kaifeng uses Mandarin - that accounts for a bit population in Henan.