What dialect do Shanghainese speak?

Shanghainese is a dialect of Wu dialect, which belongs to the small piece of Taihu Lake, Jiangsu and Hu Jia in Wu dialect.

Shanghai dialect, also known as Shanghai gossip and Shanghai dialect, is an important foundation of Shanghai local culture. Shanghai dialect is also an important representative of Wu dialect, which can basically communicate with other dialects in Taihu area of Wu dialect.

Shanghai dialect in a narrow sense refers to Shanghai urban dialect, which is widely used now and is recognized as the mainstream common dialect in Shanghai. Shanghai dialect is a new urban Wu dialect, which is based on the local Wu dialect and naturally blended with immigrant dialects from Wu-speaking areas around the world after Shanghai opened its port.

Shanghai dialect in a broad sense also includes Shanghai local (suburban) dialects, mainly including Pudong dialect, Songjiang dialect, Jiading dialect, Chongming dialect, Jinshan dialect, Qingpu dialect and Fengxian dialect. Shanghai was originally composed of Jiangdong 1 1 county, and the dialect reflected the cultural information of Jiangdong.

Shanghai dialect is a dialect formed in the long history of Shanghai, which brings together the essence of wuyue Jiangnan language and culture and has profound cultural accumulation. Shanghai dialect bears the echo of Shanghai's times, cultural blood and historical memory.