Taihu Wu dialects

Taihu Wu dialects (吳語太湖片), or Northern Wu dialects (北部吳語), are a group of Wu dialects spoken over much of southern part of Jiangsu province, including Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, the southern part of Nantong, Jingjiang and Danyang; the municipality of Shanghai; and the northern part of Zhejiang province, including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Huzhou, and Jiaxing. A notable exception is the dialect of the town of Jinxiang, which is a linguistic exclave of Taihu Wu in Zhenan Min-speaking Cangnan county of Wenzhou prefecture in Zhejiang province. This group makes up the largest population among all Wu speakers. The subdialects of this region are, in a large degree, mutually intelligible among each other.

List of Taihu Wu dialect subgroups

Su-Hu-Jia (Suzhou-Shanghai-Jiaxing) 蘇滬嘉小片

• Suzhou (Jiangsu)
• Shanghai
• Jiaxing (Zhejiang)
• Wuxi (Jiangsu)

Piling 毗陵小片

• Changzhou (Jiangsu)

Tiaoxi 苕溪小片

• Huzhou (Zhejiang)

Hangzhou 杭州小片

• Hangzhou (Zhejiang)

Lingshao 臨紹小片

• Shaoxing (Zhejiang)
• Ling'an (Zhejiang)

Yongjiang 甬江小片

• Ningbo (Zhejiang)
• Zhoushan (Zhejiang)

Jinxiang dialect appears to be an isolate, but closely related to the Taihu Wu varieties of Northern Zhejiang.

List of Taihu Wu dialects

Shanghai dialect
Ningbo dialect
Hangzhou dialect
Suzhou dialect
Changzhou dialect
Wuxi dialect
Jiangyin dialect
Qihai dialect
Jinxiang dialect

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