Jingxiang dialect (金鄉話), is a Taihu Wu dialect, or a Northern Wu dialect, spoken in Cangnan county of Wenzhou prefecture-level city. It is considered to be a Taihu Wu linguistic exclave within the mostly Min Nan speaking part of Southern Zhejiang. Modern Jingxiang dialect is descended from the speech of soldiers from Northern Zhejiang who settled during the Ming dynasty due to Wokou pirate raids, during the reign of Jiajing Emperor.

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  • Jingxiang dialect (金鄉話), is a Taihu Wu dialect, or a Northern Wu dialect, spoken in Cangnan county of Wenzhou prefecture-level city. It is considered to be a Taihu Wu linguistic exclave within the mostly Min Nan speaking part of Southern Zhejiang. Modern Jingxiang dialect is descended from the speech of soldiers from Northern Zhejiang who settled during the Ming dynasty due to Wokou pirate raids, during the reign of Jiajing Emperor. These soldiers were sent to Jingxiang in order to protect the town from raids by the Wokou. The majority of Jingxiang natives today are descended from those soldiers who served under Qi Jiguang. Isolated from the other Taihu Wu speaking regions, surrounded by Min Nan speaking areas, Jingxiang dialect has some degree of influence from Zhenan Min. It has also some influence from Mandarin Chinese.
  • 金乡话,浙江省温州市苍南县金乡镇城区居民使用的一种独特语言,使用人数目前仅约3万左右,语系与周边地区相比有显著区别,语言学上称之为“方言岛”现象。 据金乡地方志记载,现今金乡人的祖先有很大一部分为明代戚继光部队在金乡的驻军。明嘉靖年间朝廷在金乡设立军事卫所,迁出原来城内的全部居民,改驻明朝军队,修建城垣清肃倭寇。这支部队多为戚家军中浙北籍军士组成,使用北部吴语的方言。浙江倭乱平息之后,驻守金乡的戚家军全部在当地解甲归田,所以历经数百年后,金乡城内居民使用的语言仍保持有北部吴语的特点。 据语言学家考证,金乡话语系也被认为是由北部吴语与官话、苍南方言长期混合使用后形成。
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  • Native names
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  • Sino-Tibetan
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  • Jingxiang dialect
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  • Jingxiang, Cangnan county, Wenzhou prefecture-level city, Zhejiang province
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  • 15,000 speakers
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  • Jingxiang dialect (金鄉話), is a Taihu Wu dialect, or a Northern Wu dialect, spoken in Cangnan county of Wenzhou prefecture-level city. It is considered to be a Taihu Wu linguistic exclave within the mostly Min Nan speaking part of Southern Zhejiang. Modern Jingxiang dialect is descended from the speech of soldiers from Northern Zhejiang who settled during the Ming dynasty due to Wokou pirate raids, during the reign of Jiajing Emperor.
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  • Jingxiang dialect
  • 金乡话
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  • Jingxiang dialect
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