Chinese, Wu
A language of China
| Population | 77,200,000 in China (1984). Population total all countries: 77,201,820. |
| Region | Jiangsu south of Changjiang River, east of Zhenjiang, on Chongming Island, mouth of the Changjiang, and north of the Changjiang in the area around Nantong, Haimen, Qidong, and Qingjiang; Zhejiang Province south to Quzhou, Jinhua, and Wenzhou. Also in United States. |
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China |
| Alternate names | Wu |
| Dialects | Taihu, Jinhua (Kinhwa), Taizhou, Oujiang, Wuzhou, Chuqu, Xuanzhou, Shanghai. Varieties of Taihu dialect are Piling, Su-Hu-Jia, Tiaoxi, Hangzhou, Lin-Shao, Yongjiang; Chuqu subdialects are Chuzhou, Longqu; Xuanzhou varieties are Tongjing, Taigao, Shiling. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese A member of macrolanguage Chinese [zho] (China). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 91%. Fully developed. Bible: 1908–1914. |
| Comments | Classified as Han nationality. |
Also spoken in:
United States
| Language name | Chinese, Wu |
| Population | 1,820 in United States. |
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