Xuanzhou Wu Chinese

Xuanzhou Wu (Chinese: 宣州吳語; pinyin: Xuānzhōu Wúyǔ) is the western Wu Chinese language, spoken in and around Xuancheng, Anhui province. The language has declined since the Taiping Rebellion, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of the Yangtze River.

Xuanzhou Wu
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Southern Anhui and bordering areas
Native speakers	(3.1 million cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Wu Xuanzhou Wu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	xuan1238
Linguasphere	79-AAA-dc (Tai-gao) + 79-AAA-dd (Tong-jing) + 79-AAA-de (Shi-ling) (together comprising parts of "remnant" west-Wu or Xuan-zhou)

Dialects

Xuancheng dialect is representative.

• Xuancheng
• Tong–Jing
  • Tongling dialect
  • Jing County dialect
  • Fanchang dialect
  • etc.
• Shi–Ling
  • Shitai dialect
  • Lingyang (陵阳) dialect
  • etc.
• Tai–Gao
  • Taiping dialect
  • Gaochun dialect
  • etc.

References

1. Sinolect.org (archived)