Chu–Qu Wu Explained

Chu - Qu Wu
Nativename:吳語處衢片
States:People's Republic of China
Region:Zhejiang
Speakers:6.5 million
Ref:[1]
Date:1987
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Wu
Iso3:none
Iso6:cuqu
Glotto:chuq1241
Glottorefname:Chuqu
Lingua:79-AAA-di

Chu - Qu Wu (Chinese: s=处衢片|t=處衢片|p=Chùqúpiàn) is a Southern Wu Chinese language spoken in Southern Zhejiang in Quzhou and Lishui prefectures, as well as some parts of Southern Wenzhou prefecture. It is also spoken in Shangrao and Yushan counties in Jiangxi province, and the northern part of Ningde and Nanping prefectures in Fujian province bordering Zhejiang. It is not mutually intelligible with Taihu Wu.

List of Chu - Qu Wu dialects

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513120020/http://sinolect.org/images/y-roundbig2-k400.gif Sinolect.org