- Chang-Du dialect
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Chang-Du Nanchang Spoken in China Region Northwestern Jiangxi Language family Sino-Tibetan- Sinitic
- Chinese
- Gan–Hakka
- Gan Chinese
- Chang-Du
- Gan Chinese
- Gan–Hakka
- Chinese
Language codes ISO 639-3 – Linguist List gan-cha This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. Chang-Du dialect, sometimes called Nanchang dialect (simplified Chinese: 南昌话; traditional Chinese: 南昌話; pinyin: nánchāng huà) after its principal variety, is a dialect of the Gan language. It is named after Nanchang and Duchang, and is spoken in those areas as well as in Xinjian, Anyi, Yongxiu, De'an, Xingzi, Hukou, and bordering regions in Jiangxi province and in Pingjiang in Hunan province.
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Phonetics and phonology
The Nanchang variety will be taken as reprsentative.
Consonants
Consonants of Nanchang Gan Bilabial Alveolar Alveolo-
palatalVelar Glottal Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosive voiceless p t k aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ Affricate voiceless ts tɕ aspirated tsʰ tɕʰ Fricative ɸ s ɕ h Approximant l Tones
Nanchang has 5 tones, which are neutralized before a syllable-final stop.
Citation tones
Tone chart of Nanchang Gan Tone number Tone name Tone contour Description 1 yin ping (陰平) ˦˨ (42) falling 2 yang ping (陽平) ˨˦ (24) rising 3 shang sheng (上聲) ˨˩˧ (213) dipping 4 yin qu (陰去) ˥ (5) high 5 yang qu (陽去) ˨˩ (21) low 6 ru sheng (入聲) ˥̚ (5) checked 7 ru sheng (入聲) ˨̚ (2) checked See also
- Gan language
- List of Chinese dialects
References
- Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé chūbǎnshè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
- Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP ISBN 0521296536
- Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎnshè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)
External links
- Ethnologue report for Gan
- Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
- Classification of Gan Dialects from Glossika
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