Xuanzhou Wu dialects

Xuanzhou Wu
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Anhui
Native speakers	(3.1 million cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Wu Xuanzhou Wu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	xuan1238[2]

Xuanzhou Wu (宣州片) is a western branch of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Xuancheng, Anhui province. The dialect has declined since the Taiping Rebellion, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of the Yangtze River.

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)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Xuanzhou". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.