Ningbo dialect
| Ningbo dialect | |
|---|---|
| Yong-Jiang | |
| 寧波閒話 | |
| Pronunciation | ȵʲɪ̀ŋ.pɜ́ʊ.ɛ́.ó~ȵʲɪ̀ŋ.póʔ.ɛ́.ó |
| Native to | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Ningbo & Zhoushan, Zhejiang province |
| Ethnicity | Ningbo people (Han Chinese) |
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Native speakers
|
5-6 million (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | yong1273 |
| Linguasphere |
(also 79-AAA-dbg on Zhoushan archipelago)
|
79-AAA-dbf
The Ningbo dialect (Chinese: 宁波话/寧波話,宁波闲话/寧波閒話) is a dialect of Wu, one of the subdivisions of Chinese varieties. It is spoken in the city of Ningbo and Zhoushan and surrounding areas in Zhejiang province.
The Ningbo dialect is spoken throughout Ningbo and Zhoushan prefectures.
Its native speakers generally understand Shanghainese, but not vice versa. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language. Ningbo dialect is considered a Yongjiang dialect or Mingzhou dialect (as both terms are synonymous), and is closely related to the Taihu Wu dialects of Zhoushan. In terms of inter-intelligibility between dialects within the Yong-Jiang subgroup, they can be more accurately described as 'accents' (腔) as these dialects are relatively uniform and almost identical to each other aside from pronunciation differences and some minor lexical differences.
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