Jinhua dialect
Wu Chinese dialect of Jinhua, China
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The Jinhua dialect (Chinese: 金华话/金華話; pinyin: Jīnhuáhuà, Urban-Centre Jinhua dialect IPA: /tɕiŋ334-33 uɑ313-45 uɑ14/) is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Jinhua, China and the surrounding region in central Zhejiang province.[1] With its largest community of speakers in the eastern Wucheng and Jindong districts of the city, the Jinhua dialect branch has been classified as part of the Wuzhou subfamily[2] of Wu, or as part of the proposed Jinqu subfamily of Wu.[3]
Pronunciation[tɕiŋ˧uɑ˥uɑ˩˦]
RegionJindong District and the east of Wucheng District, Jinhua
Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Native speakers
730,000 (2016)