Peixian, which is a region under the auspices of the city of Xuzhou, was the destination of the majority of migrants from Shanxi.
There are important differences in the dialects of Xuzhou and Peixian, which show the results of the Shanxi influence.
[1] The Xuzhou dialect claims a rich vocabulary of unique terms, and also has important tonal differences from Standard Mandarin.
Nonetheless, there are crucial differences between the tonal character of standard Chinese and the Xuzhou dialect.
Two scholars, Li Shen and Su Xiaoqing, provide different data concerning tone contour.