Karamay dialect is a Beijing Mandarin dialect

Beijing dialect

Beijing dialect, or Pekingese , is the dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China. It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, which is used by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China , and Singapore....

 spoken in northern Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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, China

People's Republic of China

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. It is also known as North Xinjiang Area dialect , the regions of which include Karamay

Karamay

Karamay, Qaramay or Kelamayi is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China...

, Shihezi

Shihezi

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, Burqin County

Burqin County

Burqin County , is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and is under the administration of the Altay Prefecture. It has an area of 10,362 km² with a population of 70,000. The postcode is 836600.- Transport :...

, Toli County

Toli County

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, Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County

Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County

Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Tacheng Prefecture. It has an area of 28,799 km² with a population of 50,000. The Postcode is 834400....

, Wenquan County

Wenquan County

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 in northern Xinjiang and a few other regions in the southern. Karamay dialect is commonly referred to as a representative variant of the Beijing Mandarin dialect, while some linguists deny that because their survey concludes that the involved regions failed to form any variant form the Beijing Mandarin dialect .