Handan dialect belongs to the category of Jin dialect, which can be further divided into the following eight branches: Bingzhou dialect, which is distributed in central Shanxi, including Taiyuan. Lvliang Dialect: It is distributed in the west and northwest of Shanxi. Shangdang dialect: distributed in the south of Shanxi. Wutai dialect: distributed in northern Shanxi and central Inner Mongolia. Datong-Baotou dialect: distributed in northern Shanxi and central Inner Mongolia. Zhangjiakou-Hohhot Dialect: It is distributed in parts of northern Hebei and central Inner Mongolia. Handan-Xinxiang dialect: It is distributed in southeastern Shanxi, southern Hebei and northern Henan. Zhidan-Yanchuan dialect