Wu (Changzhou)

WALS coordinates: 31° 40′ N, 119° 55′ E

spoken in China

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Wu
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Chinese,
    • Changzhou
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Consonant Inventories Moderately large
    Vowel Quality Inventories Large (7-14)
    Consonant-Vowel Ratio Average
    Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In fricatives alone
    Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other
    Uvular Consonants None
    Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
    Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
    Front Rounded Vowels High only
    Tone Complex tone system
    Absence of Common Consonants All present
    Presence of Uncommon Consonants None