Xuanzhou Wu Chinese

Xuanzhou Wu (Chinese: 宣州吳語; pinyin: Xuānzhōu Wúyǔ) is the western Wu Chinese language, spoken in and around Xuancheng, Anhui province. The language has declined since the Taiping Rebellion, with an influx of Mandarin-speaking immigrants from north of the Yangtze River.

Xuanzhou Wu
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Southern Anhui and bordering areas
Native speakers	(3.1 million cited 1987)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Wu Xuanzhou Wu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	xuan1238
Linguasphere	79-AAA-dc (Tai-gao) + 79-AAA-dd (Tong-jing) + 79-AAA-de (Shi-ling) (together comprising parts of "remnant" west-Wu or Xuan-zhou)

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.