Suzhou dialect

Suzhounese
蘇州閒話苏州闲话
Sou-tseu ghé-ghô
Pronunciation[soʊ˥tsøʏ˨˩ ɦɛ˩˧ɦʊ˧] or [səu˥tsøʏ˥ ɦɛ˨˨˦ɦo˨˧˩]
Native toChina
RegionSuzhou and southeast Jiangsu province
Sino-Tibetan
Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6suji
wuu-suh
Glottologsuzh1234
Linguasphere79-AAA-dbb
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Suzhou dialect
Traditional Chinese蘇州話
Simplified Chinese苏州话
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūzhōuhuà
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSōujāu wá
Jyutpingsou1 zau1 waa2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蘇州閒話
Transcriptions
Wu
SuzhouneseSou-tseu ghé-ghô

Suzhounese (Suzhounese: 蘇州閒話; sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu, China. Suzhounese is a variety of Wu Chinese, and was traditionally considered the Wu Chinese prestige dialect. Suzhounese has a large vowel inventory and it is relatively conservative in initials by preserving voiced consonants from Middle Chinese.[citation needed]