The vernacular language spoken in the city is Shanghainese, a dialect of the Taihu Wu subgroup of the Wu Chinese family, while the official language nationwide is Standard Mandarin, itself completely mutually unintelligible with Wu Chinese.
The vernacular language spoken in the city is Shanghainese. The official language nationwide is Standard Mandarin, itself completely mutually unintelligible with Wu Chinese. A dialect of the Taihu Wu subgroup of the Wu Chinese family are Shanghainese.