As the saying goes: "There are different pronunciations for hundreds of miles". Shanxi dialect is the most complex, distinctive and colorful language family among our Chinese national languages. It is also one of the nine major local dialects of Chinese (Cantonese, Hokkien, Wu, Hakka, Gan, Xiang, Jin and Ping). (also known as Guangxi dialect) and Anhui dialect) is the only dialect from the north. The formation of Shanxi dialect is not only due to historical and humanistic reasons, but also affected by regional landforms, resulting in a very interesting linguistic phenomenon such as "people from the same hometown have different pronunciations within three miles."

Shanxi dialects can be roughly divided into six major language branches from south to north: Shanxi southern dialect, Shanxi southeastern dialect, Jinzhong dialect, Shanxi dialect, Xinzhou dialect and Yanbei dialect. Although these six major language branches all belong to the northern dialect of Chinese dialects, with the historical changes and the influence of regional reasons, each county and even each township has more or less differences. For example, the dialects in the area from the east bank of the Yellow River to the west of Taiyue are obviously similar to those in northern Shaanxi and Gansu. In this area, not only the language is very distinctive, but even the human skeleton clearly shows traces of the historical evolution of western China. Jinzhong dialect, which is rich in rhythm and beauty, is the best explanation of the shrewdness and delicateness of Jinzhong people. The popular Jinnan dialect is reminiscent of our ancestors' heroic spirit of overcoming obstacles and fearing no difficulties.

Shanxi dialect is also the only dialect among northern dialects that retains the entrance tone. Today's Mandarin does not have the character for entering the tone and can only produce four tones, but in Shanxi dialect there are, for example, "si (xi) follow up" when two people are walking together. Shanxi dialect has inherited many vocabulary from ancient Chinese, and it is much easier to learn ancient Chinese than Beijingers.