Me and my language
Name: Liu, Qi
Contact: liuqi
Preferred language name(s): Shanghainese
Alternative names: Hu dialect
Language classification: Wu Chinese
Geographical areas where spoken: Shanghai, China
Approximate number of speakers: 10 million
Other languages spoken in the community: Pudong, Jiading, Fengxian, Chongming
Official language(s) in your country: Mandarin Chinese
Other language(s) in your country: Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Min, Tibetan
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? No
If yes, what materials are written?
Language Background
My vitality assessment
[Endangered]
Inter-generational transmission:
Most adults and a few children are speakers.
Absolute number of speakers:
>100000
Speaker number trends:
A majority of community members speak the language; the numbers of speakers is gradually diminishing.
Domains of use of the language:
Used in social domains with other languages; most value their language but some are indifferent; education and literacy programs are rare in the community; government has no policy regarding minority languages, though some outside institutions support the languages.
What have other sources said about your language?
Reported # of speakers | Vitality Assessment | |
endangeredlanguages.com | ||
ethnologue.com | ||
en.wikipedia.org | 14 million |