Xuanzhou Wu dialects

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

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Dialects

Xuancheng dialect is representative.

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References

  1. Sinolect.org (archived)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Xuanzhou". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.