What would the Court Language of a moderately successful Taiping Rebellion be?

In this case I am assuming they manage to conquer and loosely hold most of the Qing dynasty lands south of the Yangtze river.

I can't find a good choice for it though I will give bonus points if someone comes up with a language that has decent translation services.

Thank you very much!
 
Serious answer time. It would be Mandarin. There is too much momentum for it anything else but Mandarin. Even a revolution would not change that.
 
Wouldn't the brother of Jesus technically speak Aramaic? XD
Sure, it's just that everything is divinely translated to Mandarin for the benefit of listeners. Anyone who has that happen for them can claim rulership by the Translate of Heaven.
 
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Serious answer time. It would be Mandarin. There is too much momentum for it anything else but Mandarin. Even a revolution would not change that.

I mean, depending on just how successful the Revolution of Heaven is, if it's centered in the south it could be something else, like Hakka.
 
Probably Mandarin, though a written script based off of Hebrew characters with additions to represent Mandarin sounds would be very cool. Or maybe Greek characters. Depends on if the Son of Heaven is feeling spicy or not.
 
Hakka or Nanjing Mandarin most likely. Official language is usually whatever language that’s used by the emperor and his close associates,in which case many of them would be either Hakka or from the Nanjing area.
 
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