Ying-Yi Gan

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Ying-Yi
Yingtan
Native to China
RegionNortheastern Jiangxi
Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
ISO 639-6 yiyi
Glottolog ying1246
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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.

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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  
voiceless aspirated     
Affricate voiceless unaspirated  ts   
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
1yin ping (陰平)˧ (33)falling
2yang ping (陽平)˩˦ (14)rising
3shang sheng (上聲)˨˩˧ (213)dipping
4yin qu (陰去)˦˥ (45)high
5yang qu (陽去)˩˨ (12)low
6ru sheng (入聲)˩˦̚ (14)checked (Boolean value)
7ru sheng (入聲)˩̚ (1)checked (Boolean value)'

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