Taizhou dialect in a broad sense includes Linhai dialect, Huangyan dialect and Xianju dialect. , with a population of 5.8 million, accounting for 1 1.6% of the total population of Wu dialect, which can be subdivided into Nantai dialect and Beitai dialect. Nantai dialect includes Linhai dialect, Huangyan dialect, Jiaojiang dialect, Luqiao dialect, Wenling dialect, Yuhuan dialect and Yueqing dialect (north of Qingjiang River), and its pronunciation is close to that of Beiwu dialect.

general situation

Taizhou dialect is a dialect of Wu dialect, which is spoken by residents in Taizhou, a coastal city in southeastern Zhejiang Province. It is quite different from Mandarin in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Taizhou dialect is used in Linhai, Tiantai, Sanmen, Xianju, Huangyan, Jiaojiang, Wenling, Yuhuan, Ninghai and the area north of Qingjiang in Yueqing County, with Linhai dialect as the representative.

Taizhou dialect, belonging to the five branches of Wu dialect, is represented by Linhai dialect, which is quite different from Mandarin in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, but Taizhou dialect has also changed greatly, and even the pronunciation between counties and cities is quite different.