Lili Wu Chinese

Journal of the International Phonetic Association, vol. 52, pp. 157–179

Abstract

Lili Wu Chinese ( ) is a Wu dialect ( ; ISO 639-3; code: wuu) spoken by approximately 38,000 people who reside in the town of Lili ( ), one of the ten major towns in the Wujiang district ( ). The Wujiang district belongs to the prefectural-level municipality of Suzhou city ( ) in Jiangsu province ( ), the People’s Republic of China. It is located at the juncture area of the city of Shanghai ( ), the city of Suzhou, and the city of Jiaxing ( ), as shown in Figure 1.

Authors 2

1. Menghui Shi Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL

   Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL)

2. Yiya Chen Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC

   Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC)