Northern Wu

E619890

Chinese dialect group branch of Wu Chinese

Northern Wu is a major branch of the Wu group of Chinese dialects spoken primarily in the Yangtze River Delta region, including varieties such as Shanghainese.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Wu canonical	1
Northern Wu subgroup	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese dialect group ⓘ branch of Wu Chinese ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northern Wu Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Wu dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
classificationStatus	major branch of Wu Chinese ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Southern Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	complex tone sandhi ⓘ contrast between voiced and voiceless initials ⓘ rich vowel inventory ⓘ tone system distinct from Mandarin ⓘ voiced obstruents ⓘ
hasVariety	Changzhou dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Hangzhounese NERFINISHED ⓘ Huzhou dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangyin dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiaxing dialect ⓘ Ningbonese ⓘ Shanghainese NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaoxing dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzhounese NERFINISHED ⓘ Wuxi dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Middle Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	other Northern Wu varieties ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Min Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Sinitic ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Wu group of Chinese dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryCountry	China NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	eastern China ⓘ surface form: East China Lower Yangtze region NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Anhui Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Fujian Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangsu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangxi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangtze River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhejiang Province NERFINISHED ⓘ overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
subclassOf	Chinese language variety ⓘ Sinitic language ⓘ Wu Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Shanghainese → subgroupOf → Northern Wu ⓘ

Ningbonese → belongsTo → Northern Wu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Wu subgroup