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.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2021 native-speaker estimate from the article infobox. StatusWikipedia article on Wu Chinese: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. RegionShanghai, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi; overseas and migrant communities 1 Wu Chinese
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Source Wikipedia: Wu Chinese
Written In
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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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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