# WIKITONGUES- Ivy speaking Shanghainese

This video was recorded in Shanghai, China. Shanghainese is spoken by some 14 million people, primarily in the central districts of Shanghai, China and its surrounding region. A variety of Wu Chinese, Shanghainese is most closely related to, but not mutually intelligible with, other Sinitic languages, including Yue, Hakka, and Mandarin. Historically a lingua franca of Yangtze River Delta region, Shanghainese has long doubled as a written language, primarily through Chinese characters; however, a Romanization was developed in the 1800s.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Wikitongues
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKITONGUES-_Ivy_speaking_Shanghainese.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Wikitongues
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/58554965?play=1)