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Where is the Chengdu or Upper Yangtze variety of Mandarin spoken?
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Oracle bone inscriptions from the village of Xiaotun, Henan province, China; Shang dynasty, 14th or 12th century bce.
The Chengdu or Upper Yangtze variety of Mandarin is primarily spoken within the Sichuan Basin. This region encompasses the greater part of eastern Sichuan province and the western portion of Chongqing municipality in southwestern China, with Chengdu serving as its major population center.1