Spoken L1 Language: Wenzhou

Comments on subclassification

Zev Handel 2016 Jerry Norman 2016

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2025
Comment:
Chinese, Wu (wuu-NOCODE_Wenzhou) = 5 (Developing). Language of recognized nationality: Han.

The Sinitic variety of Wenzhou and surroundings is traditionally counted as a divergent Wu dialect and hence subsumed in the Wu Chinese [wuu] entry in E16/E17/E18/E19/E20/E21/E22/E23/E24/E25/E26/E27/E28. However, Wenzhou is not intelligible to Suzhou (a North Wu dialect) by any measure Chaoju Tang 2009 and thus merits a seperate entry. See also: Wu Chinese [wuu].

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