General situation of Lishui dialect

Lishui dialect belongs to Wu dialect area. English Wu or Chinese Wu. Also known as Wu dialect, Jiangdong dialect, Jiangnan dialect and Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialect. It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan Chinese family. Wu dialect is mainly used by Wu immigrants in China, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, most parts of Zhejiang, southern Anhui, northeastern Jiangxi, northwestern Fujian, Hong Kong, Taiwan Province and San Francisco. The user population is about 80 million, ranking second in China and tenth in the world.

Lishui dialect mainly includes Wu dialect (Chu Qu pian), Zhejiang Tingzhou dialect (Hakka dialect), She Hakka dialect, Manchu dialect, Chun 'an dialect-Sui 'an dialect (Hui dialect). There are Yongkang dialect and Yongjia dialect.