Wu Chinese
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Wu Chinese is a major Sinitic language group spoken primarily in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, known for its rich tonal system and significant phonological differences from Mandarin.
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese language group
ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ language continuum ⓘ |
| geographicalCenter |
Yangtze River Delta
ⓘ
surface form:
Jiangnan region
Yangtze River Delta ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Shanghainese and related varieties
ⓘ
Wu ⓘ Wu dialects ⓘ |
| hasEndonym |
Wu dialects
ⓘ
surface form:
吳語
Wu dialects ⓘ
surface form:
吴语
|
| hasEthnologueEntry | Wu Chinese self-link ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | wu__1234 ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | wuu ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticAncestor |
Middle Chinese
ⓘ
Old Chinese ⓘ |
| hasMajorVariety |
Hangzhounese
ⓘ
Wu dialects ⓘ
surface form:
Jinhua dialect
Ningbonese ⓘ Shanghainese ⓘ Shanghainese ⓘ
surface form:
Shaoxing dialect
Shanghainese ⓘ
surface form:
Suzhounese
Wu dialects ⓘ
surface form:
Taizhou dialect
Wenzhounese ⓘ Wu dialects ⓘ
surface form:
Yongkang dialect
|
| hasNameOrigin | named after the historical state of Wu ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
distinct lexicon compared to Mandarin
ⓘ
significant phonological differences from Standard Mandarin ⓘ strong regional identity in the Jiangnan area ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones in some varieties
ⓘ
complex tone sandhi ⓘ large vowel inventory in many dialects ⓘ preservation of Middle Chinese voiced initials in some varieties ⓘ rich tonal system ⓘ voiced obstruents in many dialects ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeDialect |
Shanghai dialect
ⓘ
Wu dialects ⓘ
surface form:
Suzhou dialect
|
| hasScriptUsage | primarily written with Standard Chinese grammar and vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | often considered a dialect group rather than a separate language in China ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | no officially standardized spoken form for all Wu ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
major Chinese topolect groups
ⓘ
seven traditional major Chinese dialect groups ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Chinese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Sinitic
|
| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sino-Tibetan
|
| mutualIntelligibility |
largely unintelligible with Cantonese
ⓘ
largely unintelligible with Mandarin ⓘ partially intelligible among its own varieties ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Jiangsu Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ
surface form:
Shanghai municipality
Zhejiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhejiang Province NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern China ⓘ parts of Anhui Province ⓘ parts of Jiangxi Province ⓘ southern Jiangsu ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinese
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| usedAs |
vernacular language in Shanghai
ⓘ
vernacular language in much of Zhejiang ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic Han Chinese ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern China