Wuhan dialect
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The Wuhan dialect (simplified Chinese: 武汉话; traditional Chinese: 武漢話, local pronunciation: [u⁴²xan¹³xua³⁵]; pinyin: Wǔhànhuà), also known as the Hankou dialect after the former town of Hankou, belongs to the Wu–Tian branch of Southwest Mandarin spoken in Wuhan, Tianmen and surrounding areas in Hubei, China. The Wuhan dialect has limited mutual intelligibility with Standard Chinese. Grammatically, it has been observed to have a similar aspect system to Xiang Chinese.[1]
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Wuhan dialect | |
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武汉话 | |
Native to | China |
Region | Wuhan, Hubei |
Sino-Tibetan
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ISO 639-3 | – |
cmn-xwu | |
Glottolog | None |
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