Wuhan dialect

Wuhan dialect
武汉话
Pronunciation[u⁴²xan¹³xua³⁵]
Native toChina
RegionWuhan, Hubei
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6xghu
cmn-xwu
GlottologNone

The Wuhan dialect (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: , 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]

  1. ^ Zhang, Shiliang (2015). The Wuhan Dialect: A Hybrid Southwestern Mandarin Variety of Sinitic (MA thesis). The University of Hong Kong. doi:10.5353/th_b5481914 (inactive 1 November 2024). hdl:10722/211145.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)