Wu dialect is one of the oldest languages in China. Its formation history can be traced back to the end of Shang Dynasty, and it has a history of 3,200 years since Ji moved eastward. Its language features are close to the elegant characters in the Middle Ages, and it inherits the neat framework system of eight tones and thirty-six characters in the Middle Ages Chinese.
The Zhou Dynasty has a long history of more than 3,000 years and profound connotation. In China, it is distributed in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, southern Anhui, northeastern Jiangxi and the northwest corner of Fujian (Pucheng), with a population of more than 90 million. Wu dialect is a branch of Sino-Tibetan language family and one of the seven dialects of Chinese.
The remaining six dialects in China:
1, northern dialect:
Northern dialect is the basic dialect of modern Chinese common language, represented by Beijing dialect, with strong internal consistency. It is the most widely distributed in Chinese dialects, with users accounting for more than 70% of the total population of Han nationality.
2. Hunan dialect:
Also known as Xiang dialect, Hunan dialect, etc. , popular in most parts of Hunan province, there are also five dialect films.
3. Cantonese:
Popular in central and southwestern Guangdong, eastern and southern Guangxi in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, also known as Cantonese or Cantonese.
4. Min dialect:
Min dialect, also known as Minnan dialect, is a dialect with the biggest internal difference among several major dialects, which is popular in most areas of Fujian Province, Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province, most areas of Taiwan Province Province and some areas of Hainan Province.
5. Gan dialect:
Also known as Jiangxi dialect, Gan dialect or xi dialect. Widely used in most areas of Jiangxi Province and some counties and cities in western Fujian and Hunan Province. Its corresponding clan is Jiangyou, and its earliest source can be traced back to Yongjia Du Nan in the late Western Jin Dynasty.
6. Hakka:
Also known as Hakka dialect, represented by Meizhou dialect in Guangdong, it is mainly used in Meizhou, Guangdong, but also scattered in the southern tip of Jiangxi and western Fujian. There is little difference in Hakka dialects, and Hakka people in different provinces can also communicate.