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Where is Northwestern Mandarin spoken?
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Oracle bone inscriptions from the village of Xiaotun, Henan province, China; Shang dynasty, 14th or 12th century bce.
Northwestern Mandarin is a subgroup of the Mandarin language. It is spoken in areas extending northward from the city of Baoji and throughout most of northwestern China.1