Taizhou Wu

Southern Wu Chinese language of Zhejiang, China
Taizhou Wu
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionZhejiang
Native speakers
(5 million cited 1987)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sinitic
    • Chinese
      • Wu
        • Taizhou Wu
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
ISO 639-6tihu
Glottologtaiz1238
Linguasphere79-AAA-dg (incl. 79-AAA-dgi Taizhou "proper")

The Taizhou Wu (台州片) is a Southern Wu Chinese language spoken in and around Taizhou in Zhejiang province. It is to some extent mutually intelligible with Taihu Wu.[citation needed][dubious – discuss][which?]

Dialects

Taizhou proper is the chief and representative dialect.

  • Taizhou dialect
  • Linhai dialect
  • Sanmen dialect
  • Tiantai dialect
  • Xianju dialect
  • Huangyan dialect (黃巖話/黄岩话 [wɔ̤ɲjɛ̤̃wa̤])
  • Jiaojiang dialect
  • Wenling dialect
  • Yuhuan dialect
  • Yueqing dialect
  • Ninghai dialect

References

  1. ^ Sinolect.org

Further reading

  • van de Weijer, Jeroen & Sloos, Marjoleine & Ran, Yunyun (2021). "Huangyan Taizhou". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association: 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0025100321000189{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), with supplementary sound recordings.


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