Introduction to Yixing Dialect

Language: Yixing  pronounced as 'ee-shing'
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese, Wu, Taihu
Where's It Spoken? China, Southern part of Jiangsu Province

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Number of Speakers: About 500,000 native speakers
Official Status: Mandarin (pu tong hua) is the official language; Yixing is used everywhere in daily local life, with the exception of official situations

3D-Map of Yixing downtown