Wu dialects

E84960

Wu dialects are a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in the Yangtze River Delta region of eastern China, including areas such as Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and parts of Zhejiang and Anhui.

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Generate an image of Wu dialects (Wu dialects are a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in the Yangtze River Delta region of eastern China, including areas such as Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and parts of Zhejiang and Anhui.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect group ⓘ
Sinitic language group ⓘ
country China ⓘ
developedFrom Old Chinese ⓘ
glottologCode wuch1236 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Wu ⓘ
Wu Chinese ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
analytic language ⓘ
hasMajorVariety Hangzhounese ⓘ
Ningbonese ⓘ
Shanghainese ⓘ
Suzhounese ⓘ
Wenzhounese ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers tens of millions of speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature checked syllables ⓘ
complex tone sandhi ⓘ
large vowel inventory ⓘ
tone ⓘ
voiced obstruents ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Shanghainese (de facto urban prestige variety) ⓘ
linked to: Shanghainese
hasSubgroup Oujiang Wu ⓘ
Taihu Wu ⓘ
Taizhou Wu ⓘ
Wuzhou Wu ⓘ
historicalOrigin Middle Chinese ⓘ
influencedBy Standard Mandarin (lexicon and usage) ⓘ
influences local culture in the Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
isoCode wuu ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Wu dialects to varying degrees ⓘ
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese ⓘ
Standard Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Standard Chinese
region East China ⓘ
linked to: eastern China

Lower Yangtze region ⓘ
linked to: Yangtze River Delta
spokenIn Shanghai ⓘ
Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
Zhejiang ⓘ
linked to: Zhejiang Province

eastern China ⓘ
parts of Anhui ⓘ
southern Jiangsu ⓘ
subclassOf Chinese language ⓘ
Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
usedAs vernacular language in Shanghai ⓘ
vernacular language in parts of Zhejiang ⓘ
vernacular language in southern Jiangsu ⓘ
usedIn local media in Shanghai region ⓘ
local opera traditions such as Yue opera ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Anhui → hasDialectGroup → Wu dialects ⓘ
Wu Chinese → hasMajorVariety → Jinhua dialect ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Wu Chinese → hasMajorVariety → Taizhou dialect ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Wu Chinese → hasMajorVariety → Yongkang dialect ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Wu Chinese → hasRepresentativeDialect → Suzhou dialect ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Wu Chinese → hasEndonym → 吳語 ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Wu Chinese → hasEndonym → 吴语 ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Suzhounese → closelyRelatedTo → Wuxi dialect ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Taihu Wu → partOf → Wu dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Taihu Wu → alternativeName → Taihu dialects ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Northern Wu → partOf → Wu group of Chinese dialects ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Northern Wu → alsoKnownAs → Northern Wu dialects ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Hu language → partOf → Wu dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Hu language → belongsTo → Chinese dialect group Wu ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects
Jiangnan Mandarin → hasDialect → Wuhu dialect ⓘ
linked to: Wu dialects