Old Guangde dialect


Old Guangde dialect is a Northern Wu dialect spoken in southeastern Anhui province in southeastern Guangde county, it is now losing ground to New Guangde dialect, a Jianghuai Mandarin dialect. It is closely related to Shanghainese and Suzhou dialect, but its closest relative is Huzhou dialect. It is a Northern Wu dialect exclave surrounded by speakers of Jianghuai Mandarin and Xuanzhou Wu.

Phonology

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Tones