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Wu (吳語/吴语) ngu1 ngiu2
Native to: China and overseas communities with origins from Shanghai, Jiangsu and/or Zhejiang
Region: City of Shanghai, Zhejiang, southeastern Jiangsu, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces
Ethnicity: Wu peoples
Native speakers: 80 million (2007)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan

Wu is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang province, the southern half of Jiangsu province and bordering areas.

Major Wu varieties include those of Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Wenzhou, Jinhua and Yongkang. Wu speakers, such as Chiang Kai-shek, Lu Xun and Cai Yuanpei, occupied positions of great importance in modern Chinese culture and politics. Wu can also be found being used in Pingtan, Yue opera, and Shanghai opera, the former which is second only in national popularity to Peking opera; as well as in the performances of the popular entertainer and comedian Zhou Libo. Wu is also spoken in a large number of diaspora communities, with significant centers of immigration originating from Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingtian and Wenzhou.


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