Nantong Historical Dialect Relationship

Nantong dialect is extremely complicated.

Dialects in most western areas, Hai 'an, Rugao and Rudong belong to Jianghuai Mandarin.

Nantong dialect in Nantong city (and some suburbs of Nantong city) is often classified as Jianghuai Mandarin, but it can't communicate with the former at all (so some people think it should be a separate piece).

Tongzhou mainly speaks two other Wu dialects, Tongdong Dialect (Qihai is called Jiangbei Dialect) and Jinsha Dialect, among which Jinsha Dialect is a transitional dialect between Tongdong Dialect and Jianghuai Mandarin Nantong Dialect, and it is also difficult to communicate with the other two Wu dialects.

The southern part of Haimen in Qidong in the east and some eastern coastal areas in Rudong mainly belong to Qihai dialect (called Shadi dialect locally) in Wu Yu Su Hu Jia short film.

Eastern dialects are spoken in the north of Haimen in Qidong and part of Tongzhou. Tongdongfang dialect is classified as a small piece of Piling in Wu dialect, which is the successor of the original dialect in eastern Nantong.

There is no authoritative discussion on the formation and development of Nantong dialect at present. Tongdong dialect and Qihai dialect are considered to be brought by pioneers in Jiangnan in different periods.

In the areas where the above dialects meet, one person can speak more than three dialects, and it is not uncommon to use the mother tongue of the other dialect in communication.

Qihai dialect is very similar to Shanghai dialect and cannot be separated from history.