The Wuxi dialect (Simplified Chinese: 无锡话; Traditional Chinese: 無錫話; Pinyin: Wúxīhuà, Wu: mu1 sik1 wo3 (), is a dialect of Wu. It is spoken in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu province, China.
It has many similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language.
Phonology The following charts use Wugniu romanization.
Initials +Initial ConsonantsChao 1976, p. 49.LabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasal ⟨m⟩ ⟨n⟩ ⟨n⟩ ⟨ng⟩Plosive/ Affricatevoiceless ⟨p⟩ ⟨t⟩ ⟨t⟩ ⟨c⟩ ⟨k⟩ ⟨'⟩aspirated ⟨ph⟩ ⟨th⟩ ⟨tsh⟩ ⟨ch⟩ ⟨kh⟩slack voice ⟨b⟩ ⟨d⟩ ⟨j⟩ ⟨g⟩Fricativevoiceless ⟨f⟩ ⟨s⟩ ⟨sh⟩ ⟨h⟩slack voice ⟨v⟩ ⟨z⟩ ⟨gh⟩Lateral ⟨l⟩
Finals + Finals Medial Nucleus liquid ⟨y⟩ ⟨a⟩ ⟨au⟩ ⟨o⟩ ⟨oe⟩ ⟨e⟩ ⟨ae⟩ ⟨ou⟩ ⟨ei⟩ ⟨an⟩ ⟨aon⟩ ⟨en⟩ ⟨on⟩ ⟨aeq⟩ ⟨aq⟩ ⟨oq⟩ ⟨eq⟩ ⟨r⟩ ⟨i⟩ ⟨ia⟩ ⟨iau⟩ ⟨io⟩ ⟨ioe⟩ ⟨ie⟩ ⟨ieu⟩ ⟨ian⟩ ⟨iaon⟩ ⟨in⟩ ⟨ion⟩ ⟨iaeq⟩ ⟨iaq⟩ ⟨ioq⟩ ⟨ieq⟩ ⟨m⟩ ⟨u⟩ ⟨ua⟩ ⟨uoe⟩ ⟨ue⟩ ⟨uae⟩ ⟨uan⟩ ⟨uan⟩ ⟨un⟩ ⟨uaeq⟩ ⟨ueq⟩ ⟨n⟩ ⟨iu⟩ ⟨iuen⟩ ⟨iuaeq⟩ ⟨iueq⟩ ⟨ng⟩ ⟨yu⟩
Tones + Tones Middle Chinese tone píng shǎng qù rù yīn ˥˥ (55) ˧˨˦ (324) ˧˦ (34) ˥ (5) yáng ˩˧ (13) ˨˧˨ (232) ˨˩˧ (213) ˨˧ (23)
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External links
Television hosts discuss differences between Wuxi and Suzhou dialects (YouTube)