Where can I find a native Shanghainese who can speak Shanghainese?

Shanghai dialect was developed by a large number of immigrants on the basis of the old Songjiang dialect, so 100 years ago, Shanghai was a suburb of Songjiang, but now it is the other way around. During the Republic of China, Shanghai dialect was similar to the surrounding dialects, but now it is mostly different.

Because there are few immigrants in the suburbs, the development of dialects is slow, which is almost the same as that of a hundred years ago. Shanghai dialect is very strong now, and suburban dialect will probably be lost. Nanhui was included in Pudong ten years ago. Nanhui dialect is different from Pudong dialect. Shanghai dialect is spoken by people in urban areas, while suburban dialect is a local dialect. Every suburb has its own dialect, and some of them can't communicate with each other yet.

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Shanghai dialect generally refers to Shanghai dialect, which is widely used and recognized as the mainstream dialect in Shanghai. Songjiang dialect is the basis of Shanghai dialect. Shanghai dialect is a new urban Wu dialect developed on the basis of Songjiang dialect, and has become the representative language and lingua franca of Wu dialect area.

Ningbo and Suzhou are major immigrant cities, which have great influence on sound. Shanghai Wu dialect is the carrier of Shanghai culture temperament and an important foundation of Shanghai culture. Shanghainese, like old houses, hutongs, Shikumen and cheongsam, have become the representative symbols of Shanghai customs.

Shanghai dialect in a broad sense also includes the main dialects in Shanghai suburbs, and the towns in Shanghai suburbs belong to typical Jiangnan culture. Shanghai once belonged to Songjiang area, and its local dialects include Songjiang dialect, Jiading dialect, Pudong dialect, Chongming dialect, Jinshan dialect, Qingpu dialect, Fengxian dialect and other regional and county dialects. Shanghai dialect is a dialect formed in the long history of Shanghai and has a profound cultural accumulation. Its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar reflect the cultural information of Jiangdong.