Ba–Shu Chinese

Ba–Shu Chinese (Chinese: 巴蜀語; pinyin: Bāshǔyǔ; Wade–Giles: Ba1 Shu33; Sichuanese Pinyin: Ba¹su²yu³; IPA: [pa˥su˨˩y˥˧]), or simply Shu Chinese (Chinese: 蜀語), also known as Old Sichuanese, is an extinct Chinese language formerly spoken in what is now Sichuan and Chongqing, China.

Ba–Shu Chinese
巴蜀語
Native toChina
RegionSichuan Basin
ExtinctExtinct during the Ming dynasty. Some features are preserved in Sichuanese Mandarin, especially the Minjiang dialect.
Sino-Tibetan
Early forms
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
  • Old Chinese
Dialects
  • Minjiang?
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
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