Wuxi無錫話Native toPeople's Republic of ChinaRegionWuxi, Jiangsu provinceLanguage familySino-Tibetan SiniticChineseWuTaihuSu–Jia–HuWuxiLanguage codesISO 639-3–Linguist Listwuu-wuxGlottologwuxi1234 Wuxi dialectSimplified Chinese无锡话Traditional Chinese無錫話TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinwu/ xi- hua\WuRomanizationmu1 sik1 wo3Yue: CantoneseJyutpingmou sek wa Reading “Lang Tao Sha Ling” by Li Yu in Wuxinese The Wuxi dialect (Simplified Chinese: 无锡话; Traditional Chinese: 無錫話; Pinyin: Wúxīhuà, Wu: mu1 sik1 wo3, Wuxi dialect: [vu˨˨˧ siɪʔ˦ ɦu˨]) is a dialect of Wu. It is spoken in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu province, China. It has many similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language. Phonology Initials 1 Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosive/ Affricate voiceless p t ts tɕ k ʔ aspirated pʰ tʰ tsʰ tɕʰ kʰ slack voice b d dz dʑ g Fricative voiceless f s ɕ x h slack voice v ɦ Lateral l Finals Tones Tones Middle Chinese tone píng 平 shǎng 上 qù 去 rù 入 yīn 陰 ˥˥ (55) ˧˨˦ (324) ˧˦ (34) ˥ (5) yáng 陽 ˩˧ (13) ˨˧˨ (232) ˨˩˧ (213) ˨˧ (23) ReferencesReferences Chao 1976, p. 49. External linksExternal links Television hosts discuss differences between Wuxi and Suzhou dialects (YouTube)