Sino-Tibetan family
Shanghainese
c. 1850 CE – today Living
Shanghainese (c. 1850 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Sinitic → Old Chinese → Middle Chinese → Wu Chinese → Shanghainese.
See Shanghainese on the interactive map- Speakers
- 14M (14,000,000)
Northern Wu variety of the city of Shanghai, which became the Wu prestige dialect after the city's growth from the mid-19th c. Declining among younger speakers in favour of Mandarin.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Siniticc. 1,500 BCE – 1,250 BCE
- Old Chinese1,250 BCE – 25 CE
- Middle Chinese25 CE – 1000 CE
- Wu Chinesec. 1000 CE – today
- Shanghainesec. 1850 CE – today