Is /ʑ/ stigmatized in Wu? The voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative /ʑ/ can be found in Wu words like: thank you. 谢谢 is said to be read:




ʑia ʑia

I'm seeing many resources online claiming that the reading can just be:

谢谢! Yá yà! Thank you!

This gives me the feeling that the inital /ʑ/ might be somewhat stigmatized, perhaps out of convenience or for other reasons.
DEfinitely not &quot;ya&quot; sound, in 江浙话 (we seldon use 吴 Wu any more), &quot;ya ya nong&quot; will be childish way of speaking.  The closest I can think of is more on &quot;Xia Xia Nong&quot; side.  The headache is, like most of the major dialects in China, Wu 江浙话 also varies in pronunciation and accent from area to area, to the degree that Shanghai people do not admit 温州 dialect is part of 江浙话。  &quot;They are villagers.&quot;