Xuanzhou Wu ( zh, t=宣州吳語, p=Xuānzhōu Wúyǔ) is the western
Wu Chinese
The Wu languages (; Romanization of Wu Chinese, Wu romanization and Romanization of Wu Chinese#IPA, IPA: ''wu6 gniu6'' [] (Shanghainese), ''ng2 gniu6'' [] (Suzhounese), Mandarin pinyin and IPA: ''Wúyǔ'' []) is a major group of Sinitic languag ...
language, spoken in and around Xuancheng, Anhui province. The language has declined since the
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It lasted fr ...
, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of the
Yangtze River
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.
Dialects
Xuancheng dialect is representative.
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Xuancheng
Xuancheng () is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage ...
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Tong–Jing
**Tongling dialect
**Jing County dialect
**Fanchang dialect
** etc.
*Shi–Ling
** Shitai dialect
** Lingyang () dialect
** etc.
*Tai–Gao
**Taiping dialect
**Gaochun dialect
** etc.
References
Wu Chinese
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