Languages

Wu Chinese

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Wu Chinese." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/wu-chinese.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Wu Chinese. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/wu-chinese

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-wu-chinese,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Wu Chinese},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/wu-chinese},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Sino-Tibetan

Source Wikipedia: Wu Chinese

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Wu Chinese

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Quote, 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.

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1. Wikipedia: Wu Chinese

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