What language did the Central Plains people speak during the Three Kingdoms period?

Ancient Zhongyuan people in the Three Kingdoms period spoke Zhongyuan Mandarin.

Central Plains Mandarin is the mother tongue of people in Central Plains, a branch of Mandarin Chinese, which is gradually formed and developed on the basis of China standard pronunciation with Luoyang Yayan as the core.

There are some differences between the typical Central Plains Mandarin and Mandarin in initials, finals and words, and the sharp group sounds are strictly distinguished. Today, Yin Ping reads the ancient initial consonants, and today, Yangping reads the ancient full-voiced initial consonants, which is the standard for dividing the Mandarin areas in the Central Plains.

Central Plains Mandarin is mainly distributed in most parts of Henan, southern Hebei, southwestern Shandong, northwestern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, southwestern Shanxi, central Shaanxi, southern eastern Gansu, southern Ningxia, northeastern Qinghai, southern foot of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang and other areas, with a population of ***392 counties and cities, second only to southwest Mandarin, reaching 6543.8+0.86 billion.

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The Central Plains is the region with the largest number of dynasties, the longest history and the largest number of ancient capitals in China, including Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Xuanhan, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Hou Zhao, Yan Qian, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Wu Zhou, Hou Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin and Later Liang.

The Central Plains has always been the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of China. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "those who win the Central Plains win the world". Only by competing in the Central Plains can we stand out from the rest of the world.

Among the eight ancient capitals of China with historical records or archaeological evidence, the Central Plains accounts for four, namely, Luoyang in the 13th Dynasty, Kaifeng in the 8th Dynasty, Anyang in the 7th Dynasty, Zhengzhou in the Xia Dynasty, and Shangqiu, Nanyang, Puyang, Xuchang, Dengfeng, Xiayi, Yanshi, Yucheng, Huaiyang and Xinzheng.

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