Climate — See the climate table on Chengdu page The language of
most of Sichuan is a variant of Mandarin (Southwest), which
differs from standard Mandarin of the north-east significantly
in pronunciation, and use of slang which are unique to the area.
Nevertheless, native speakers of Mandarin will be able to
understand the local dialect albeit with some difficulty.
Tibetan is still the mother tongue in most of the highland west,
but the region becoming more and more Sinified. There is a
moderate amount of bi-lingual signage in the area. Therefore,
many young people in the western regions are bi-lingual in both
Tibetan and Mandarin. Qiangic, native to the Qiang minority
group, also native to Sichaun, is also to be found in western
Sichuan. The vast majority of signage is always in Mandarin
Chinese characters throughout the province regardless of the
ethnic majority in the given area albeit you will see some
signage in Tibetan indic script. Many young people in Sichuans
larger cities speak some English. Chengdu