Wu dialects
E84960
Wu dialects are a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in the Yangtze River Delta region of eastern China, including areas such as Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and parts of Zhejiang and Anhui.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jinhua dialect | 1 |
| Suzhou dialect | 1 |
| Taihu dialects | 1 |
| Taizhou dialect | 1 |
| Wu dialect continuum | 1 |
| Wu dialects canonical | 1 |
| Wuxi dialect | 1 |
| Yongkang dialect | 1 |
| 吳語 | 1 |
| 吴语 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T689210 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Wu dialects Context triple: [Anhui, hasDialectGroup, Wu dialects]
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A.
Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin is a major branch of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, characterized by distinct phonological features and regional variations.
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B.
Jianghuai Mandarin
Jianghuai Mandarin is a major subgroup of Mandarin Chinese dialects spoken primarily in central and northern Jiangsu and adjacent areas of Anhui.
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C.
Teochew
Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.
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D.
Northern Mandarin
Northern Mandarin is the largest and most influential group of Mandarin Chinese dialects, forming the basis for Standard Chinese and widely spoken across northern and southwestern China.
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E.
Majhi dialect
The Majhi dialect is a central variety of Punjabi regarded as the prestige form of the language and commonly used as its standard in media and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wu dialects Target entity description: Wu dialects are a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in the Yangtze River Delta region of eastern China, including areas such as Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and parts of Zhejiang and Anhui.
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A.
Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin is a major branch of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, characterized by distinct phonological features and regional variations.
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B.
Jianghuai Mandarin
Jianghuai Mandarin is a major subgroup of Mandarin Chinese dialects spoken primarily in central and northern Jiangsu and adjacent areas of Anhui.
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C.
Teochew
Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.
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D.
Northern Mandarin
Northern Mandarin is the largest and most influential group of Mandarin Chinese dialects, forming the basis for Standard Chinese and widely spoken across northern and southwestern China.
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E.
Majhi dialect
The Majhi dialect is a central variety of Punjabi regarded as the prestige form of the language and commonly used as its standard in media and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese dialect group
ⓘ
Sinitic language group ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| glottologCode | wuch1236 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Wu
ⓘ
Wu Chinese ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic language ⓘ |
| hasMajorVariety |
Hangzhounese
ⓘ
Ningbonese ⓘ Shanghainese ⓘ Suzhounese ⓘ Wenzhounese ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | tens of millions of speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked syllables
ⓘ
complex tone sandhi ⓘ large vowel inventory ⓘ tone ⓘ voiced obstruents ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety |
Shanghainese
ⓘ
surface form:
Shanghainese (de facto urban prestige variety)
|
| hasSubgroup |
Oujiang Wu
ⓘ
Taihu Wu ⓘ Taizhou Wu ⓘ Wuzhou Wu ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Middle Chinese ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Standard Mandarin (lexicon and usage) ⓘ |
| influences | local culture in the Yangtze River Delta ⓘ |
| isoCode | wuu ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sino-Tibetan
|
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Wu dialects to varying degrees ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Cantonese
ⓘ
Standard Chinese ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Mandarin
|
| region |
eastern China
ⓘ
surface form:
East China
Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Yangtze region
|
| spokenIn |
Shanghai
ⓘ
Yangtze River Delta ⓘ Zhejiang Province ⓘ
surface form:
Zhejiang
eastern China ⓘ parts of Anhui ⓘ southern Jiangsu ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinese language
ⓘ
Chinese language ⓘ
surface form:
Sinitic languages
|
| usedAs |
vernacular language in Shanghai
ⓘ
vernacular language in parts of Zhejiang ⓘ vernacular language in southern Jiangsu ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local media in Shanghai region
ⓘ
local opera traditions such as Yue opera ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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Subject: Wu dialects Description of subject: Wu dialects are a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in the Yangtze River Delta region of eastern China, including areas such as Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and parts of Zhejiang and Anhui.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.