For instance, Wu includes the dialects of Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, which are, to an extent, mutually intelligible, but also includes a number of other dialects that are not really mutually ...

Qian Nairong, a professor at Shanghai University who specialises in language research, says it’s not yet too late to save the dialect — but the clock is ticking. “Shanghainese will come to ...

The spelling follows the French romanization system used by the Shanghai Jesuit community at the turn of the century, but here they are representing the Shanghai dialect. No Chinese characters for ...