| has gloss | eng: Tong-Tai Dialect(Chinese: 通泰方言), also named as Tai-Ru Dialect(Chinese: 泰如方言）is a particular dialect of Jianghuai Mandarin spoken in the middle-east of Jiangsu province. Tong stands for Tongzhou(Chinese: 通州), Ru stands for Rugao/Rudong(Chinese: 如皋/如东) and Tai stands for Taizhou(Chinese: 泰州). This region includes the areas which are to the north of Yangtze River and to the east of Grand Canal. There are about 11,37 million speakers there (year 2004) and this region takes about 15,000 square kilometers. |