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)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (43)

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 ⓘ
Northern Wu → hasVariety → Shanghainese ⓘ
Hu language → hasAlternativeName → Shanghai dialect ⓘ
linked to: Shanghainese
Hu language → hasAlternativeName → Shanghainese ⓘ
Old City of Shanghai → language → Shanghainese ⓘ
Nanshi area → languageUsed → Shanghainese ⓘ
Changsha dialect → differentFrom → Shanghainese ⓘ
Jing’an District → localLanguage → Shanghainese ⓘ
Pujiang Town → languageUsed → Shanghainese ⓘ
Songjiang Old Town → localDialect → Shanghainese ⓘ
Hengsha Island → localDialect → Shanghainese ⓘ
Ningbohua → closelyRelatedTo → Shanghainese ⓘ
Jiangnan → hasMajorDialect → Shanghainese ⓘ