*** Welcome to piglix ***

Xuanzhou Wu dialects

Xuanzhou Wu
Native to People's Republic of China
Region Anhui
Native speakers
(3.1 million cited 1987)
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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)

79-AAA-dc (Tai-gao) + 79-AAA-dd (Tong-jing) + 79-AAA-de (Shi-ling)

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.

Xuancheng dialect is representative.



...
Wikipedia

...