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Pronunciation ȵʲɪ̀ŋ.pɜ́ʊ.ɛ́.ó~ȵʲɪ̀ŋ.póʔ.ɛ́.ó Native to People's Republic of China Region Ningbo & Zhoushan, Zhejiang province Ethnicity Ningbo people (Han Chinese) Native speakers 5-6 million (date missing) Language family Sino-Tibetan
Chinese
Wu
Taihu
Ningbo dialect | ||
The Ningbo dialect (Chinese: 宁波话/寧波話,宁波闲话/寧波閒話) is a dialect of Wu, one of the subdivisions of Chinese varieties. It is spoken in the city of Ningbo and Zhoushan and surrounding areas in Zhejiang province.
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Area
The Ningbo dialect is spoken throughout Ningbo and Zhoushan prefectures.
Intelligibility
Its native speakers generally understand Shanghainese, but not vice versa. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language. Ningbo dialect is considered a Yongjiang dialect or Mingzhou dialect (as both terms are synonymous), and is closely related to the Taihu Wu dialects of Zhoushan. In terms of inter-intelligibility between dialects within the Yong-Jiang subgroup, they can be more accurately described as 'accents' (腔) as these dialects are relatively uniform and almost identical to each other aside from pronunciation differences and some minor lexical differences.
Finals
Syllabic continuants: [z̩] [z̩ʷ] [m̩] [n̩] [ŋ̩] [l̩]Examples
唱月亮
月亮菩薩彎彎上，彎到小姑進后堂。 后堂空，拜相公， 相公念經，打一天井， 天井隔笆，打一稻花， 稻花耘田，打一團箕。火瑩頭
火瑩頭，夜夜紅， 阿公挑擔賣碗蔥， 新婦織麻糊燈籠， 阿婆箝牌捉牙虫， 兒子看鴨撩屙虫。