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Chuqu Wu dialects

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Region
  
Zhejiang

Glottolog
  
chuq1241

ISO 639-6
  
cuqu

Native to
  
People's Republic of China

Native speakers
  
(6.5 million cited 1987)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Chinese Wu Chu–Qu Wu

Chu–Qu Wu dialects (处衢片 : 處衢片) are a group of Southern Wu dialects spoken in Southern Zhejiang in Quzhou and Lishui prefectures, as well as some parts of Southern Wenzhou prefecture. It is also spoken in Shangrao and Yushan counties in Jiangxi province, and the northern part of Ningde and Nanping prefectures in Fujian province bordering Zhejiang.

List of Chu–Qu Wu dialects

  • Quzhou dialect
  • Jiangshan dialect
  • Qingtian dialect
  • References

    Chuqu Wu dialects Wikipedia