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Wuzhou Wu dialects

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Region
  
Zhejiang

ISO 639-6
  
wzou

Native speakers
  
(4 million cited 1987)

Glottolog
  
wuzh1238

Native to
  
People's Republic of China

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Chinese Wu Wuzhou Wu

Wuzhou Wu dialects (婺州話 or 務州片) are a group of Southern Wu dialects spoken in and around Jinhua in Zhejiang province. They are mutually intelligible with Taihu Wu to at least some degree. The dialect group is named after the ancient Wuzhou County that existed in modern-day Jinhua.

Dialects

Jinhua is the chief and representative dialect of Wuzhou.

  • Jinhua dialect
  • Lanxi dialect
  • Pujiang dialect
  • Yiwu dialect
  • Dongyang dialect
  • Pan'an dialect
  • Yongkang dialect
  • Wuyi dialect
  • Jiande dialect

    • References

    Wuzhou Wu dialects Wikipedia
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