Shanghainese

E155949

Shanghainese is a Wu Chinese dialect spoken primarily in Shanghai and its surrounding region, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language variety
Wu Chinese dialect
country China
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Hu language
Shanghai dialect
linked to: Shanghainese

Shanghaihua
linked to: Shanghainese

上海话
沪语
hasFeature lexicon significantly different from Mandarin
morphosyntax similar to other Chinese varieties
pronouns distinct from Mandarin
hasGlottocode shang1310
hasISOCode wuu
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Japanese
Shanghainese-accented Mandarin
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
contrastive aspiration in stops
large inventory of vowels
relatively complex tone system
syllabic consonants in some analyses
tone sandhi
voiced obstruents
hasSociolinguisticStatus declining intergenerational transmission
regional lingua franca in Shanghai region
historicalInfluenceFrom Jiangnan Mandarin
Ningbonese
Suzhounese
influencedBy Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
isSpokenPrimarilyBy Han Chinese in Shanghai region
linked to: Han Chinese
languageBranch Sinitic
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
Wu Chinese
mutualIntelligibilityWith Suzhounese
other Northern Wu dialects
mutualIntelligibilityWithMandarin low
region Yangtze River Delta
spokenIn Shanghai
Shanghai municipality
linked to: Shanghai

parts of Jiangsu province
parts of Zhejiang province
standardBasedOn urban Shanghai speech
subgroupOf Northern Wu
usedBy migrants assimilated into Shanghai local community
native residents of Shanghai
usesScript Han script
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soong Mei-ling languageSpoken Shanghainese
Puxi languageUsed Shanghainese
Jing’an District localLanguage Shanghainese
Yangpu District majorDialect Shanghainese
Wu Chinese hasMajorVariety Shanghainese
Wu Chinese hasMajorVariety Suzhounese
linked to: Shanghainese
Wu Chinese hasMajorVariety Shaoxing dialect
linked to: Shanghainese
Wu dialects hasMajorVariety Shanghainese
Wu dialects hasStandardVariety Shanghainese (de facto urban prestige variety)
linked to: Shanghainese
Lust, Caution language Shanghainese
Shanghainese hasAlternativeName Shanghai dialect
linked to: Shanghainese
Shanghainese hasAlternativeName Shanghaihua
linked to: Shanghainese
Xuhui District localSpokenLanguage Shanghainese
Shanghai Derby language Shanghainese
Waigaoqiao hasLanguage Shanghainese
Jinqiao languageUsed Shanghainese
Qibao languageUsed Shanghainese
Wujing hasLanguage Shanghainese
Nanjing West Road localLanguage Shanghainese
Zhujiajiao water town language Shanghainese
Chengqiao languageUsed Shanghainese
Julu Road hasLanguageEnvironment Shanghainese
Xinzhuang languageUsed Shanghainese
Ningbonese closelyRelatedTo Shanghainese
Wenzhounese contrastWith Shanghainese
Suzhounese closelyRelatedTo Shanghainese
Taihu Wu hasMajorDialect Shanghainese
Taihu Wu hasStandardVariety Shanghainese (de facto)
linked to: Shanghainese
Oujiang Wu isDistinctFrom Shanghainese