Suzhou dialect
| Suzhounese | |
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| 蘇州閒話；苏州闲话 Sou-tseu ghé-ghô | |
| Pronunciation | [soʊ˥tsøʏ˥꜓ ɦɛ˨˨˧꜕ɦo˨˧˩꜔] or [soʊ˥tsøʏ˥꜓ ɦɛ˨˨˦꜔ɦo˨˧˩꜕꜖] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Suzhou and southeast Jiangsu province |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 | suji |
wuu-suh | |
| Glottolog | suzh1234 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-dbb |
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州話 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州话 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州閒話 | ||||||||||||
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Suzhounese (Suzhounese: 蘇州閒話; sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6), also known as the Suzhou dialect (alternatively Soochow 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.