Editing Suzhou dialect (section)

==Distribution==
Suzhou dialect is spoken within the city itself and the surrounding area, including migrants living in nearby [[Shanghai]].

The Suzhou dialect is mutually intelligible with dialects spoken in its satellite cities such as [[Kunshan]], [[Changshu]], and [[Zhangjiagang]], as well as those spoken in its former satellites [[Wuxi dialect|Wuxi]] and [[Shanghainese|Shanghai]]. It is also partially intelligible with dialects spoken in other areas of the Wu cultural sphere such as [[Hangzhou dialect|Hangzhou]] and [[Ningbo dialect|Ningbo]]. However, it is ''not'' mutually intelligible with [[Cantonese]] or [[Standard Chinese]]; but, as all public schools and most broadcast communication in [[Suzhou]] use Mandarin exclusively, nearly all speakers of the dialect are at least bilingual. Owing to migration within China, many residents of the city cannot speak the local dialect but can usually understand it after a few months or years in the area.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}