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Wu dialects are notable among Chinese dialects in having kept voicedd consonants, such as /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/, etc. (These may in fact be better described as voiceless consonants that create a voiced breathy element across the syllable: i.e. /p\\/, /t\\/, etc.)
It is thought that there are two branches of the Wu family of dialects, northern (Jiangsu), and southern (Zhejiang), with the southern dialects often being more conservative, tonally. The northern dialects seem to have been more influenced by Mandarin in its vocabulary.