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Manjiang (simplified Chinese: 蛮讲; traditional Chinese: 蠻講; pinyin: Mánjiǎng), also known as Manhua (simplified Chinese: 蛮话; traditional Chinese: 蠻話; pinyin: Mánhuà; lit. 'Man speech'), is an Eastern Min dialect spoken mainly in Taishun and Cangnan Counties in Wenzhou, as well as parts of Qingyuan County in Lishui, in southeastern Zhejiang province.[1]

Manjiang
蠻講, 蠻話
Native to	China
Region	southeastern Zhejiang
Native speakers	500,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Min Eastern Min Manjiang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	79-AAA-ia

As a dialect of Eastern Min, Manjiang is very distant from major Chinese varieties such as Mandarin and Cantonese, and displays very significant elements of a substratal indigenous language, perhaps belonging to the Austroasiatic or Tai–Kadai language families.

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