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Suzhounese
蘇州閒話苏州闲话
Sou-tseu ghé-ghô
Pronunciation[soʊ˥tsøʏ˨˩ɦɛ˩˧ɦʊ˧]
Native toChina
RegionSuzhou and southeast Jiangsu province
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sinitic
    • Chinese
      • Wu
        • Taihu
          • Suzhou–Shanghai–Jiaxing
            (Su-Hu-Jia)
            • Suzhounese
Writing system
Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6suji
Linguist List
wuu-suh
Glottologsuzh1234
Linguasphere79-AAA-dbb
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Suzhou dialect
Traditional Chinese蘇州話
Simplified Chinese苏州话
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蘇州閒話

Suzhounese (Suzhounese: 蘇州閒話; sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6; [səu˥.tsøʏ˥.ɦɛ˨˨˦.ɦo˨˧˩]), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu, China. Suzhounese is a variety of Wu Chinese, and was traditionally considered the Wu Chinese prestige dialect. Suzhounese has a large vowel inventory and it is relatively conservative in initials by preserving voiced consonants from Middle Chinese.[citation needed]

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