Shanghainese

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Shanghainese is a Wu Chinese dialect spoken primarily in Shanghai and its surrounding region, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.


Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Wu Chinese
Wu Chinese ("Suzhounese")
Wu Chinese ("Shaoxing dialect")
Wu dialects
hasMajorVariety
Wu dialects ("Shanghainese (de facto urban prestige variety)")
hasStandardVariety
Soong Mei-ling
languageSpoken
Puxi
languageUsed
Jing’an District
localLanguage
Yangpu District
majorDialect

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