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Wu Chinese

Sino-Tibetan Languages

Wu is a major group of Chinese languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang province and parts of Jiangsu province, especially south of the Yangtze River, an area that makes up the Wu cultural region.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
wuu 1
Speaker Count
83,000,000 1
2021 native-speaker estimate from the article infobox.
Region
Shanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi; overseas and migrant communities 1
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In Family

Source Wikipedia: Wu Chinese

Written In

Han Script, Scripts

Wu Chinese is written with Chinese characters (Han script) when written at all, most often through Standard Written Chinese.

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1. Wikipedia: Wu Chinese
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  • Lead section
    Wu is a major group of Chinese languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang province, and parts of Jiangsu province, especially south of the Yangtze River, which make up the Wu cultural region.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    wuu
  • Infobox, Speakers (Native)
    83 million (2021)
  • Infobox, Region
    Shanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi
  • In Family: Sino-Tibetan, Infobox, Language family
    Sino-Tibetan > Sinitic > Chinese > Wu
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