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Shanghai

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Also known as: Shanghai dialect

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Sinitic languages

In Chinese languages: Shanghai dialect
The Shanghai dialect belongs to Wu. The use of only two tones or registers (high and low) is prevalent; these are related in an automatic way to the initial consonant type (voiceless and voiced).
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