User:Kperalt1/Language selection

For my language selection, I would like to choose a language within the region of China since I'm double majoring in Chinese. (Alex [wshi2] and I have talked about working together)

1. Wu

  a morphological typology of the language: analytic
  number of speakers: 83 million (2021)
  where speakers live: Shanghai, Zhejiang province, parts of Jiangsu province, parts of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces; overseas and migrant communities
  other languages they might know: Standard Chinese
  transmission of language from current to future: Today, popular support for the preservation of Wu languages is very strong
  orthography: Mostly in sinographs, but simplified Chinese is often used
  ISO Code: wuu
  likely to find few pages of text: likely, as there are novels, operas, song, and other texts available online

2. Gan

  a morphological typology of the language: analytic
  number of speakers: 23 million (2021)
  where speakers live: central and northern Jiangxi, eastern Hunan, eastern Hubei, southern Anhui, northwest Fujian
  other languages they might know: Standard Chinese
  transmission of language from current to future: Recently, there is increased interest in protecting the local language
  orthography: Chinese characters (no strong written traditions), but some romanization schemes exist
  ISO Code: gan
  likely to find few pages of text: likely, appears in regional media, newscasts, and television programs

3. Caijia

  a morphological typology of the language: analytic
  number of speakers: 1000 (2004)
  where speakers live: Guizhou
  other languages they might know: may know other dialect of Chinese such as Bai
  transmission of language from current to future: endangered
  orthography: shares similarities with Sinitic languages/not found
  ISO Code: None/missing
  likely to find few pages of text: haven't found any yet,,,