CONSTRUCTION of a “vowel park” will start at the end of month to highlight the unusual number of vowels that appear in the local dialect and to awaken public awareness of the need to protect it.

The Jinhui dialect, named after the town in Fengxian District, is known as “dang dai hua.” The dialect is renowned as “the most vowel-diversified language,” local authority officials told Shanghai Daily.

The small park will be sited along a downtown walking and jogging path in Fengxian, with a stone tablet stating that the town has the world’s largest number of vowels.