The Shadi dialect ( zh, s=沙地话, p=Shādìhuà; Native name: 沙地話) is a
Wu Chinese
The Wu languages (; Wu romanization and IPA: ''wu6 gniu6'' [] ( Shanghainese), ''ng2 gniu6'' [] (Suzhounese), Mandarin pinyin and IPA: ''Wúyǔ'' []) is a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Provi ...
dialect spoken in
Chongming,
Haimen, and
Qidong districts as well as in some areas of
Zhangjiagang.
It is considered to be a variety of Taihu Wu, which is intelligible with
Shanghainese
The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan langua ...
.
References
Wu Chinese
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