Lili Wu Chinese. (29th April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shi, Menghui; Chen, Yiya
• Is Part Of: Journal of the International Phonetic Association. Volume 52:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 157
• Page End: 179
• Publication Date: 2022-04-29
• Subjects: Phonetics -- Periodicals; 414.8
• DOI: 10.1017/S0025100320000092
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-1003

Abstract

Abstract : Lili Wu Chinese ( ) is a Wu dialect ( ; ISO 639-3; code: wuu) spoken by approximately 38, 000 people who reside in the town of Lili ( ), one of the ten major towns in the Wujiang district ( ). The Wujiang district belongs to the prefectural-level municipality of Suzhou city ( ) in Jiangsu province ( ), the People's Republic of China. It is located at the juncture area of the city of Shanghai ( ), the city of Suzhou, and the city of Jiaxing ( ), as shown in Figure 1 .