Shanghainese

E155949

Shanghainese is a Wu Chinese dialect spoken primarily in Shanghai and its surrounding region, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language variety
Wu Chinese dialect
country China
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Hu language
Shanghainese
surface form: Shanghai dialect

Shanghainese
surface form: Shanghaihua

上海话
沪语
hasFeature lexicon significantly different from Mandarin
morphosyntax similar to other Chinese varieties
pronouns distinct from Mandarin
hasGlottocode shang1310
hasISOCode wuu
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Japanese
Shanghainese-accented Mandarin
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
contrastive aspiration in stops
large inventory of vowels
relatively complex tone system
syllabic consonants in some analyses
tone sandhi
voiced obstruents
hasSociolinguisticStatus declining intergenerational transmission
regional lingua franca in Shanghai region
historicalInfluenceFrom Jiangnan Mandarin
Ningbonese
Suzhounese
influencedBy Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
isSpokenPrimarilyBy Han Chinese
surface form: Han Chinese in Shanghai region
languageBranch Sinitic
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
Wu Chinese
mutualIntelligibilityWith Suzhounese
other Northern Wu dialects
mutualIntelligibilityWithMandarin low
region Yangtze River Delta
spokenIn Shanghai
Shanghai
surface form: Shanghai municipality

parts of Jiangsu province
parts of Zhejiang province
standardBasedOn urban Shanghai speech
subgroupOf Northern Wu
usedBy migrants assimilated into Shanghai local community
native residents of Shanghai
usesScript Han script
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soong Mei-ling languageSpoken Shanghainese
Puxi languageUsed Shanghainese
Jing’an District localLanguage Shanghainese
Yangpu District majorDialect Shanghainese
Wu Chinese hasMajorVariety Shanghainese
Wu Chinese hasMajorVariety Shanghainese
this entity surface form: Suzhounese
Wu Chinese hasMajorVariety Shanghainese
this entity surface form: Shaoxing dialect
Wu dialects hasMajorVariety Shanghainese
Wu dialects hasStandardVariety Shanghainese
this entity surface form: Shanghainese (de facto urban prestige variety)
Lust, Caution language Shanghainese
Shanghainese hasAlternativeName Shanghainese
this entity surface form: Shanghai dialect
Shanghainese hasAlternativeName Shanghainese
this entity surface form: Shanghaihua
Xuhui District localSpokenLanguage Shanghainese
Shanghai Derby language Shanghainese
Waigaoqiao hasLanguage Shanghainese
Jinqiao languageUsed Shanghainese
Qibao languageUsed Shanghainese
Wujing hasLanguage Shanghainese
Nanjing West Road localLanguage Shanghainese
Zhujiajiao water town language Shanghainese
Chengqiao languageUsed Shanghainese
Julu Road hasLanguageEnvironment Shanghainese
Xinzhuang languageUsed Shanghainese
Ningbonese closelyRelatedTo Shanghainese
Wenzhounese contrastWith Shanghainese
Suzhounese closelyRelatedTo Shanghainese
Taihu Wu hasMajorDialect Shanghainese
Taihu Wu hasStandardVariety Shanghainese
this entity surface form: Shanghainese (de facto)
Oujiang Wu isDistinctFrom Shanghainese