Alternate Names: Jiangnan hua, Jiangsu-Zhujiang hua, Jiangzhe hua, Wu, Wuyue
Dialects: Chongming, Chuqu, Danyang, Hangzhou, Jinhua, Jinhua (Kinhwa), Oujiang, Quzhou, Shanghai, Shaoxing, Suzhou, Taihu, Taizhou, Tangxi, Wenling, Wenzhou, Wuzhou, Xuanzhou, Youngkang, Zhenhai. Varieties of Taihu dialect are Piling, Su-Hu-Jia, Tiaoxi, Hangzhou, Lin-Shao, and Yongjiang; Chuqu subdialects are Chuzhou and Longqu; Xuanzhou varieties are Tongjing, Taigao, and Shiling. A member of macrolanguage Chinese ,.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Han.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 77,200,000 in China (1984). Population total all countries: 77,202,480.
Language Use: All ages. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 91% (2000 census, Han nationality). Fully developed. Bible: 1908–1914.
Typology: SVO; tone sandhi, tonal.
Writing System: Han (Simplified), Han (Traditional), Latin
Nation of Origin: China