Taizhou Wu

E402909

Taizhou Wu is a regional variety of the Wu group of Chinese dialects spoken primarily in and around Taizhou in Zhejiang province.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shaoxing Wu 1
Taizhou Wu canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect
regional variety of Wu Chinese
associatedCulture local culture of Taizhou, Zhejiang
classificationNote considered a subvariety within the Wu dialect continuum
coexistsWith Jiangnan Mandarin
surface form: Standard Mandarin in Taizhou
country China
hasAncestor Middle Chinese
Old Chinese
ISO639Status no individual ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Wu Chinese)
languageBranch Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageStatus regional language variety
linguisticFeature significant differences from Standard Mandarin in grammar
significant differences from Standard Mandarin in phonology
significant differences from Standard Mandarin in vocabulary
mutualIntelligibility not mutually intelligible with Standard Mandarin for many speakers
partially mutually intelligible with other Wu dialects
partOf Wu Chinese
phonologicalFeature preserves voiced obstruents typical of Wu Chinese
rich tone or register system
primaryRegion Taizhou
Zhejiang Province
surface form: Zhejiang province
regionType coastal eastern China
spokenIn Taizhou
surface form: Taizhou, Zhejiang

eastern Zhejiang
surrounding areas of Taizhou
subgroupOf Wu Chinese
usedBy local population of Taizhou
usedIn daily communication in Taizhou region
writingSystem Chinese characters

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wu dialects hasSubgroup Taizhou Wu
Hangzhounese closelyRelatedTo Taizhou Wu
this entity surface form: Shaoxing Wu