Definitions for Shanghainese
shang·ha·inese

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1. Shanghainesenoun

   Inhabitant of Shanghai; person of Shanghainese descent.

2. Shanghaineseadjective

   Of or pertaining to Shanghai.

3. Shanghainesenoun

   A dialect of Wu spoken predominantly in Shanghai.

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1. Shanghainese

   The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Shanghainese, like the rest of the Wu language group, is mutually unintelligible with other varieties of Chinese, such as Mandarin.Shanghainese belongs a separate group of the Taihu Wu subgroup. With nearly 14 million speakers, Shanghainese is also the largest single form of Wu Chinese. Since the late 19th century it has served as the lingua franca of the entire Yangtze River Delta region, but in recent decades its status has declined relative to Mandarin, which most Shanghainese speakers can also speak.Like other Wu varieties, Shanghainese is rich in vowels and consonants, with around twenty unique vowel qualities, twelve of which are phonemic. Similarly, Shanghainese also has voiced obstruent initials, which is rare outside of Wu and Xiang varieties. Shanghainese also has a low number of tones compared to other languages in Southern China, and has a system of tone sandhi similar to Japanese pitch accent.

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1. Shanghainese

   Shanghainese, or the Shanghai dialect/Hu dialect, is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Shanghai and the surrounding region. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Shanghainese, like other Wu dialects, is largely not mutually intelligible with other Chinese varieties such as Mandarin. The term "Shanghainese" in English sometimes refers to all Wu Chinese dialects, though it is only partially intelligible with some other subbranches of the Wu language group. Shanghainese is a representative dialect of Northern Wu; it contains vocabulary and expressions from the entire Northern Wu area. With nearly 14 million speakers, Shanghainese is also the largest single coherent form of Wu Chinese. It once served as the regional lingua franca of the entire Yangtze River Delta region. Shanghainese is rich in pure vowels, and in consonants. Like other northern Wu dialects, the Shanghai dialect has voiced initials. Neither Mandarin nor Cantonese has voiced stops or affricates. The Shanghainese tonal system is significantly different from other Chinese languages. Shanghainese is a language with two level tonal contrasts, while Mandarin and Cantonese are contour tonal languages.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shanghainese in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shanghainese in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghainese
3. ^ Wikidata
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