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
無錫話
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionWuxi, Jiangsu province
Language codes
ISO 639-3
wuu-wux
Glottologwuxi1234
Wuxi dialect
Simplified Chinese无锡话
Traditional Chinese無錫話
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinwu/ xi- hua\
Wu
Romanizationmu1 sik1 wo3
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingmou sek wa
Reading “Lang Tao Sha Ling” by Li Yu in Wuxinese

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.[citation needed] It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language.

Phonology

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Initials

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[1] Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/

Affricate

voiceless p t ts k ʔ
aspirated tsʰ tɕʰ
slack voice b d dz g
Fricative voiceless f s ɕ x h
slack voice v ɦ
Lateral l

Finals

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Tones

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Tones
Middle Chinese tone
píng shǎng
yīn ˥˧ (53) ˧˥ (35) ˦ (44) ʔ˥ (55)
yáng ˨˦ (24) ˨˩˧ (213) ʔ˩˨ (12)

References

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  1. ^ Chao 1976, p. 49.
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