Xuanzhou Wu Chinese
Appearance
Xuanzhou Wu | |
---|---|
Native to | People's Republic of China |
Region | Anhui |
Native speakers | (3.1 million cited 1987)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | xuan1238 |
Xuanzhou Wu (宣州片) is a western branch of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Xuancheng, Anhui province. The dialect has declined since the Taiping Rebellion, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of the Yangtze River.
Dialects
Xuancheng dialect is representative.
- Xuancheng
- Tong–Jing
- Tongling dialect
- Jing County dialect
- Fanchang dialect
- etc.
- Shi–Ling
- Shitai dialect
- Lingyang (陵阳) dialect
- etc.
- Tai–Gao
- Taiping dialect
- Gaochun dialect
- etc.
References
- ^ Sinolect.org (archived)