Taizhou Wu

Taizhou Wu
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionZhejiang
Speakers6.25 million (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
ISO 639-6tihu
Glottologtaiz1238
Linguasphere79-AAA-dg (incl. 79-AAA-dgi Taizhou "proper")

The Taizhou Wu (台州片) is a Southern Wu Chinese language spoken in and around Taizhou in Zhejiang province. It is to some extent mutually intelligible with Taihu Wu.

Dialects

Taizhou proper is the chief and representative dialect.

  • Taizhou dialect
  • Linhai dialect
  • Sanmen dialect
  • Tiantai dialect
  • Xianju dialect
  • Huangyan dialect (黃巖話/黄岩话 [wɔ̤ɲjɛ̤̃wa̤])
  • Jiaojiang dialect
  • Wenling dialect
  • Yuhuan dialect
  • Yueqing dialect
  • Ninghai dialect

References

  1. ^ Li (2012), p. 104.

Further reading

  • van de Weijer, Jeroen & Sloos, Marjoleine & Ran, Yunyun (2021). "Huangyan Taizhou". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association: 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0025100321000189{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), with supplementary sound recordings.
  • Li, Rong (2012), 中國語言地圖集 [Language Atlas of China] (in Chinese) (2 ed.), The Commercial Press, ISBN 978-7-100-07054-6.