Ying–Yi Gan

Ying-Yi
Ying-Yi
Yingtan
Native to	China
Region	Northeastern Jiangxi
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Gan Ying-Yi; ; ; ;
Writing system	Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
ISO 639-6	yiyi
Glottolog	ying1246
	Map of Gan languages; Ying–Yi-speaking region in blue.
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Ying-Yi, sometimes called Yingtan after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is named after Yingtan and Yiyang, and is spoken in those areas as well as in Yugan Guixi, Yujiang, Wannian, Leping, Poyang, Pengze, Hengfeng, Chuanshan in Jiangxi province.

Sounds

The Yugan variety of Ying-Yi will be taken as representative.

Consonants

Consonants of the Yugan Gan
		bilabial	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	Post- alveolar	velar	glottal
Nasal		m		ɲ		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless unaspirated	p	t			k
Plosive	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	tʰ			kʰ
Affricate	voiceless unaspirated		ts	tɕ	tʃ
Affricate	voiceless aspirated		tsʰ	tɕʰ	tʃʰ
Fricative		ɸ	s	ɕ	ʃ		h
Lateral approximant			l

Tones

Citation tones

Tone chart of Yugan Gan
Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour	Description
1	yin ping (陰平)	˧ (33)	falling
2	yang ping (陽平)	˩˦ (14)	rising
3	shang sheng (上聲)	˨˩˧ (213)	dipping
4	yin qu (陰去)	˦˥ (45)	high
5	yang qu (陽去)	˩˨ (12)	low
6	ru sheng (入聲)	˩˦̚ (14)	checked (Boolean value)
7	ru sheng (入聲)	˩̚ (1)	checked (Boolean value)'

References

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