May I ask which Wu language has the highest universal rate now?

Shanghainese, of course. Shanghainese dialect is a kind of Wu language, which belongs to the Wu language Taihu Lake piece Suhujia small film. Shanghai is the most famous city in the country, Shanghai is the magic capital, and Wu Shanghainese is equivalent to Mandarin in the south.

Shanghai is the center of the national economy, in the past, it was known as the city that never sleeps, and the status of Shanghainese dialect is incomparable with other Wu languages.

Shanghainese. Shanghainese is a representative dialect of the Wu language. Whether it is influence, versatility or population of speakers, it is second to none among all Wu dialects.

In fact, Shanghai dialect is different from other Wu dialects in that it is formed by the natural fusion of various Wu dialects after the opening of the port in Shanghai, and has the nature of the greatest common divisor of Wu language, and it is also the common language of Wu language area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang before the eighties of the 20th century, and it is the "Mandarin" of Wu language area. Radio Shanghainese is the most mature and systematic modern broadcasting cavity in the history of Wu language.

In addition, Suzhou dialect is also a traditional representative dialect of Wu language, and has a high status in the Wu language area.

Shanghainese. Although many of the pronunciations have been confused, people in many regions can understand Shanghainese (although Shanghainese certainly don't understand other Wu dialects).

Wu language refers to the dialect system of southern Jiangsu + Shanghai + Zhejiang, which is currently represented by Shanghainese.

There is no one, don't listen to other people's nonsense.

Northern Wu is a Shanghainese dialect (in the past, Suzhou dialect).

Nanwu is Wenzhou dialect.

The Wu language, also known as Wu dialect, Jiangnan dialect, Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect, Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect, and Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect, is also known as Wu dialect, Jiangnan dialect, and Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect in southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, northeastern Jiangxi, and northwest corner of Fujian, as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Kyushu Island in Japan, and San Francisco in the United States. In China, it is distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian, with a population of about 80 million.

Ranked second in China and tenth in the world in international language rankings, Wu is the largest unofficial language in the world. Suzhou dialect is generally considered to be representative of Wu language; There are also people who regard Shanghainese as a representative because of its great influence at home and abroad. Compared with Mandarin, Wu retains more archaic elements.

The pronunciation of Wu language is quite different from that of northern Mandarin, and the vocabulary and grammar are unique, and the pronunciation feature of Wu language's forced pronunciation and transposition in sentences is another significant difference from Mandarin. This is also a major difference between Wu and many other Chinese dialects (such as Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, etc.) (with the exception of Hui).

Wu language is the second largest dialect of Chinese in terms of the number of speakers, but the distribution area is not very broad, except for Nanjing, Zhenjiang area (Danyang and Gaochun are still Wu languages), Jiangbei Jingjiang Haimen, Qidong Tongzhou, Shanghai, Jiangxi Shangrao City, Fujian Pucheng North and Zhejiang except Chun'an, Jiande, Cangnan and Pingyang basically speak Wu language. The Tongling and Taiping areas in northern Anhui speak Wu Xuanzhou dialect, but the local people generally use Jianghuai official dialect to the outside world, and Wu language is only used within the family, and Xuanzhou Wu language is seriously infiltrated by the official dialect. The total area of Wu language distribution is about 10,000 square kilometers.

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