Xuanzhou Wu dialects
Encyclopedia
Xuanzhou Wu is an eastern branch of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Xuancheng
, Anhui
province. The dialect has declined since the Taiping Rebellion
, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of Yangtse river.
Xuancheng
Xuancheng is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province of Eastern China. It borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou to the west, Huangshan to the southwest, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively....
, Anhui
Anhui
Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...
province. The dialect has declined since the Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, who, having received visions, maintained that he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty...
, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of Yangtse river.
Dialects
Xuancheng dialect is representative.- Xuancheng
- Tong–Jing
- Tongling dialect
- Jing County dialect
- Fanchang dialect
- etc.
- Shi–Ling
- Shitai dialect
- Lingyang (陵阳) dialect
- etc.
- Tai–Gao
- Taiping dialect
- Gaochun dialect
- etc.