Language as an expression of local sentiment: But if we look at the Shanghai dialect, although there are only 12 to 13 million Shanghainese, they are concentrated in Shanghai, one of China's major economic centers. With both economic power and this geographical advantage in its favor, the Shanghainese dialect is very strong, and it seems that anyone going to Shanghai really needs to learn a few phrases.
而反觀上海話，儘管上海人只有一千兩、三百萬人，但由於聚集在上海這個中國經濟重鎮，不但掌握了經濟力，也有地緣的優勢，上海話就顯得很強勢，到上海似乎就非得學幾句上海話不可。