Brief introduction of Yixing dialect

Yixing dialect belongs to Wu dialect with a population of more than one million. Yixing dialect is not completely unified internally. Due to the influence of geographical location, the northern part of Shuixiang, Cao Nan and Zhakou is similar to Wujin accent. The western part of Panjiaba Township is greatly influenced by Liyang dialect. Xinjian Township, Fangxin Township and Xiang Yang Township belong to Yixing Xixiang accent; The pronunciation of Shatang and Gangkou Village in Yangxi Township is Dongxiang accent. In addition, immigrants from Wenzhou, Pingyang and non-Wu-speaking areas in Zhejiang settled in Yixing. They are concentrated in villages in mountainous polder areas, and use their own dialect and Yixing dialect at the same time, forming other dialect islands in Yixing dialect area.

Yicheng Street is the seat of the municipal government and the political, economic and cultural center of Yixing, with language influence all over the city. Therefore, Yixing dialect should be represented by Yicheng.

Yixing dialect belongs to Xiaopianling (Changzhou) in Wu dialect Taihu film (northern Wu dialect film). A small county and city belonging to Piling: Shazhou, Jiangyin, Wujin, Yixing, Liyang and other counties and cities in southern Jiangsu in the west, and some villages in langxi and Guangde in Anhui. The old shore dialect in Jingjiang, Jiangbei, and the Tongdong dialect in eastern Nantong, Haimen and northern Qidong also belong to this small piece.

The pronunciation is slightly different from other areas of the same Northern Wu dialect film, but * * * has a large vocabulary and is completely interoperable.