Is /ʑ/ stigmatized in Wu?
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;