Wuxi dialect

The Wuxi dialect (Simplified Chinese: 无锡话; Traditional Chinese: 無錫話; Pinyin: Wúxīhuà, Wu : mu1 sik1 wo3 , Wuxi dialect  : [vu˨˨˧ siɪʔ˦ ɦu˨]) is a dialect of Wu. It is spoken in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu province, China.

Wuxi dialect
無錫話
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionWuxi, Jiangsu province
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
wuu-wux
Glottologwuxi1234
Wuxi dialect
Simplified Chinese无锡话
Traditional Chinese無錫話

It has many similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language.

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