Yi–Liu Gan

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Yi-Liu
Yichun
Native toChina
RegionCentral and western Jiangxi
Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
ISO 639-6yilu
Glottologyili1247
Linguasphere79-AAA-faf
Map of Gan languages; Yi-Liu-speaking region in yellow.
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View of Yichun, Jiangxi

Yi-Liu, sometimes called Yichun (simplified Chinese: 宜春话; traditional Chinese: 宜春話) after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is spoken in Yichun in Jiangxi province and in Liuyang in Hunan, after which it is named, as well as in Shanggao, Qingjiang, Xingan, Xinyu City, Fen yi, Pingxiang City, Fengcheng, Wanzai in Jiangxi and in Liling in Hunan.

Sounds

The Yichun variety will be taken as representative.

Consonants

Consonants of Yichun Gan
  Bilabial Alveolar Alveolo-
palatal
Post-
alveolar
Velar Glottal
Nasal m ɲ   ŋ  
Plosive aspirated      
unaspirated p t     k  
Affricate aspirated   tsʰ tɕʰ tʃʰ    
unaspirated   ts    
Fricative f s ɕ ʃ   h
Lateral approximant   l        

Tones

Sonograph produced tone contour graph[1]
Tone chart of Yichun Gan[1]
Tone number Tone name Tone contour Examples
1 dark level (阴平) ˨˦ (25) 多家彪都姑波编邦
2 light level (阳平) ˦ (44) 婆爬钱磨驴朋肥扶
3 rising sheng (上声) ˧˩ (31) 左努改讨巧草拐苦
4 light departing (去声) ˨˩˧ (213) 大树害饭谢用望漏
5 departing sheng (入声) ˥ (55) 月六黑割发白湿毒

References

  1. ^ a b Ma, Xiaoqin 马晓勤 (2006). Yíchūnhuà shēngdiào xìtǒng de shíyàn yánjiū 宜春话声调系统的实验研究 (in Chinese). Tianjin zhong yiyao daxue.