Distribution scope of Sichuan dialect

The population of Sichuan dialect is mainly distributed in the enveloping basin, covering the whole of Sichuan Province and Chongqing except some non-Han inhabited areas, as well as some counties and cities adjacent to Sichuan in Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces, with a population of about 93 million, which is one of the branches with the largest population of Chinese. Shu dialect has a high degree of internal intercommunication, and is consistent in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and so on. Generally speaking, it can be divided into four dialect areas as shown in the following figure according to the reading situation of the ancient entering tone: western Sichuan dialect with rising tone, Minjiang dialect with remaining entering tone, Renfu dialect with falling tone, and Yamian dialect with falling tone.

From the perspective of maintaining the characteristics of the medieval Shu dialect, due to geographical location and other reasons, North Sichuan and East Sichuan have been the main settlements of immigrants from Huguang and other places since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are greatly influenced by foreign languages and maintain less ancient sounds, and are the development areas of languages, which are new Sichuan dialects; Guanchi dialect in western Sichuan and southern Sichuan is Laosichuan dialect, because there are many native people in Sichuan, relatively few immigrants, and more ancient sounds are preserved. Most areas of the Guanchi film have retained the entrance sound. At the same time, judging from the characteristics of "ping sheng seems to go away" in ancient Shu area, the return of ancient entering tones can still be regarded as a manifestation of preserving ancient tones in this area. At the same time, the official ruler tablet also retains more characters of Shu language in the Middle Ages.

Sichuan Province

Chengdu area; Sichuan dialect takes Chengdu as the center, and Chengdu people speak neutrally, with alphabetic pronunciation and flat pronunciation, which highlights the personality of Chengdu dialect. The places where Chengdu dialect is used are mainly (Chengdu jurisdiction, suburban counties, county-level cities, jianyang city hosted by Ziyang, a few towns in northern Meishan, Zhongjiang County in Deyang, etc.). ).

Guang' an area; Guang 'an dialect, represented by Sichuan dialect Guang 'an, radiates to half of northeast Sichuan. However, compared with neighboring Chongqing, Guang 'an people speak more frankly and their accents are easier to understand. Guang 'an, as the gateway to Xiaoping's hometown, naturally carries the Jiangxi-style language that Xiaoping immigrated from Jiangxi, such as Ciba, which people in Guang 'an say is Mai Ciba in Yuechi County, Guang 'an City. The places where Guang 'an accent is used include (except Xiexing Town, Yuechi County, Wusheng County, the north of Huaying City, and other places except chuanshan district, Suining City).

Nanchong area; Sichuan dialect is characterized by Nanchong people, forming the accent of Nanchong area. Nanchong, as the economic center of northeast Sichuan, has also played a relatively leading role in language. The dividing line between Nanchong Opera and Guang 'an Opera is in Quejia Town, Gaoping District, which is separated from Jialing River in Guang 'an City by one river, forming the language style of Erjiang. Nanchong people speak high-key, and all kinds of words in the dialect are stressed. The areas where Nanchong accent is used are (except Quejia Town, Gaoping District, Peng 'an County, Xichong County and the south of Langzhong City in the third district of Nanchong City).

Bazhong area; Bazhong accent, Sichuan dialect is represented by Bazhong city, and the tone is particularly easy to identify. In terms of communication, Bazhong people pay more attention to the post-tone and roll their tongues. For example, people in Bazhong and Dazhou all say that they are "rebellious". The population with Bazhong accent radiates to most parts of northern Sichuan, with a population of about 6 million. Bazhong dialect is used in Yilong County, northern Langzhong City, Bazhong City, Tongjiang County, Nanjiang County, Zhaohua District, Cangxi County and Qingchuan County of Guangyuan City.

Luzhou area; Representative areas (counties of Luzhou City and Yibin City)

Internal independent area; Representative areas (Neijiang City, Zigong City and Renshou County of Meishan City)

Dazhou area; Representative area (other areas in Dazhou except Wanyuan City and Kaijiang County)

Mianyang area; Representative areas (except Beichuan County in Mianyang City, Zhongjiang County in Deyang City and Zhao Hua, Cangxi County and Qingchuan County in Guangyuan City)

Ya' an area; Representative area (the whole city of Ya 'an)

Liangshan prefecture; Liangshan Prefecture, the full name of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is the largest gathering place of Yi people in China. The place is dominated by national languages, mixed with Sichuan dialects, and the tone sounds delicate and soft. Representative areas (Quanzhou, Liangshan, Panzhihua)

Aba prefecture area; Representative areas (Aba Prefecture, Beichuan County)

Ganzi prefecture area; Representative Region (Ganzi Prefecture)