Taizhou Wu

Taizhou Wu
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Zhejiang
Speakers	6.25 million (2012)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Wu Taizhou Wu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
ISO 639-6	tihu
Glottolog	taiz1238
Linguasphere	79-AAA-dg (incl. 79-AAA-dgi Taizhou "proper")

The Taizhou Wu (台州片) is a Southern Wu Chinese language spoken in and around Taizhou in Zhejiang province. It is to some extent mutually intelligible with Taihu Wu.^{[citation needed][dubious – discuss][which?]}

Dialects

Taizhou proper is the chief and representative dialect.

• Taizhou dialect
• Linhai dialect
• Sanmen dialect
• Tiantai dialect
• Xianju dialect
• Huangyan dialect (黃巖話/黄岩话 [wɔ̤ɲjɛ̤̃wa̤])
• Jiaojiang dialect
• Wenling dialect
• Yuhuan dialect
• Yueqing dialect
• Ninghai dialect

References

1. Li (2012), p. 104.

Further reading

• van de Weijer, Jeroen & Sloos, Marjoleine & Ran, Yunyun (2021). "Huangyan Taizhou". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association: 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0025100321000189, with supplementary sound recordings.

• Li, Rong (2012), 中國語言地圖集 [Language Atlas of China] (in Chinese) (2 ed.), The Commercial Press, ISBN 978-7-100-07054-6.