Language

Wu Chinese

Wu Chinese is a language in the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in 8 countries.

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Scripture in Wu Chinese

A complete Bible is reported in Wu Chinese.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Wu Chinese is spoken

  • China
  • Canada
  • France
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • United States

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About Wu Chinese

Part of
Chinese (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
ISO 639-3 code
wuu
Glottocode
wuch1236
Also known as
Chinese, Wu · Chinese: Wenchow

Dialects and varieties 35

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Wu Chinese as a whole.

  • Chinese, Wu: ChuquNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: Jin-QuNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: OujiangNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: Shang-LiNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: ShanghaiNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: TaihuNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: TaizhouNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: WuzhouNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Wu: XuanzhouNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: NingpoNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: SoochowNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: WenchowNo known Scripture
  • HangzhouNo known Scripture
  • HuzhouNo known Scripture
  • JiangshanNo known Scripture
  • JiaxingNo known Scripture
  • JinhuaNo known Scripture
  • Lin-ShaoNo known Scripture
  • NingboNo known Scripture
  • Northern ZhejiangNo known Scripture
  • Northwestern WuNo known Scripture
  • PilingNo known Scripture
  • QingtianNo known Scripture
  • QuzhouNo known Scripture
  • ShanghaineseNo known Scripture
  • ShilingNo known Scripture
  • Southeast GuangdeNo known Scripture
  • Su-Hu-JiaNo known Scripture
  • SuzhouNo known Scripture
  • TaigaoNo known Scripture
  • TiaoxiNo known Scripture
  • TongjingNo known Scripture
  • WuxiNo known Scripture
  • YongjiangNo known Scripture
  • ZhoushanNo known Scripture

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Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.