The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 77,175,000 7.5% of the population (1984). |
| Region | Jiangsu south of the Changjiang River, east of Zhenjiang, on Chongming Island in the mouth of the Changjiang, and north of the Changjiang in the area around Nantong, Haimen, Qidong, and Qingjiang, and in Zhejiang Province as far south as Quzhou, Jinhua, and Wenzhou. |
| Alternate names | WU |
| Dialects | TAIHU, JINHUA (KINHWA), TAIZHOU, OUJIANG, WUZHOU, CHUQU, XUANZHOU. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese. |
| Comments | Subdialects of the Taihu dialect are Piling, Su-Hu-Jia, Tiaoxi, Hangzhou, Lin-Shao, Yongjiang. Chuqu subdialects are Chuzhou, Longqu. Xuanzhou subdialects are Tongjing, Taigao, Shiling. Mandarin is used for news and official broadcasts. Radio programs, TV. Bible 1908-1914. |
