Language

温州话

Wenzhounese
  • Global speakers: 8,000,000
  • Glottocode: ouji1238
Eastern AsiaChina flagChina
Census
The area in and around Wenzhou, in China's Zhejiang Province, is home to a highly distinctive Wu language (a branch of Chinese) that today is spoken all over the world, with large concentrations in France, Italy, and the U.S., especially New York City, where there are at least tens of thousands originally from the city of Wenzhou and neighboring Qingtian county. The Wenzhounese community is known for entrepreneurship, and there are a large number of Wenzhounese-owned businesses (restaurants, groceries, clothing factories etc.) across New York's many Chinese-speaking neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The densest concentration of Wenzhounese speakers is thought to be in Queens neighborhoods like Flushing and Whitestone, where there are gatherings of the Chinese Wen Chow Association (温州同乡会) and Wenzhounese-language church services, although a strong shift to Mandarin among the younger generation is underway both in Wenzhou and in diaspora centers like New York.
Read more

Sites

NYC neighborhoods or towns in the metro region where the language community has a significant site, marked by a point on the map:

Queens

Flushing
View details and show in map

Manhattan

Little Italy
View details and show in map

Brooklyn

Sunset Park
View details and show in map

Additional neighborhoods (NYC only)

  • College Point
  • Whitestone
  • Corona
  • Chinatown
  • Bensonhurst
SearchExploreDataCensusInfo

© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map

Data

Search
Local community data
View in map
County
Language
Endonym
World Region
Country
Global Speakers
Language Family
Video
Audio
Location
Size
Status
Filter
Filter
Filter
Filter
Filter
Filter
​
​
No communities found. Try fewer criteria or click the "Clear filters" button to reset the table.

Rows per page:

20 rows

0-0 of 0

0-0 of 0
Press space bar to start a drag. When dragging you can use the arrow keys to move the item around and escape to cancel. Some screen readers may require you to be in focus mode or to use your pass through key

An urban language map

Welcome to Languages of New York City, a free and interactive digital map of the world’s most linguistically diverse metropolitan area.

All data, unless otherwise specified, is from the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA), based on information from communities, speakers, and other sources.

The map is a work in progress and a partial snapshot, focused on significant sites for Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages. Larger languages are represented selectively. To protect the privacy of speakers, some locations are slightly altered. Social media users, note that LANGUAGEMAP.NYC works best in a separate browser. We apologize that the map may not be fully accessible to all users, including the visually impaired.

This map was created by the Mapping Linguistic Diversity team, with core support from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Endangered Language Alliance. Please send feedback!

By continuing I acknowledge that I have read and accept the above information.