Nanchang dialect

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Nanchang dialect (traditional Chinese: 南昌話; simplified Chinese: 南昌话; pinyin: nánchāng huà) is a dialect of the Gan Chinese language. It is spoken in Nanchang in the Jiangxi province.

Contents 1 Classification 2 Geographic distribution 2.1 Dialects 3 Phonetics and Phonology 3.1 Consonants 3.2 Vowels 3.2.1 Monophthongs 3.2.2 Diphthongs 3.3 Syllable structure 3.3.1 Onsets 3.3.2 Rimes 3.4 Tones 3.4.1 Citation tones 3.4.2 Tone Sandhi 4 Grammar 4.1 Morphology 4.2 Syntax 5 Vocabulary 6 History 7 Examples 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Classification

[edit] Geographic distribution

[edit] Dialects

[edit] Phonetics and Phonology

[edit] Consonants

Consonants of the Nanchang dialect

		bilabial	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	velar	glottal
nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
plosives	voiceless unaspirated	p	t		k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
voiceless fricatives		ɸ	s	ɕ		h
affricates	voiceless unaspirated		ts	tɕ
	voiceless aspirated		tsʰ	tɕʰ
lateral approximants			l

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Monophthongs

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[edit] Diphthongs

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[edit] Syllable structure

[edit] Onsets

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[edit] Rimes

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[edit] Tones

Nanchang has 5 tones, which are neutralized before a syllable-final stop.

[edit] Citation tones

Tone chart of the Nanchang dialect

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)	˥ (55)	high
5	yang qu (陽去)	˨˩ (21)	low
6	ru sheng (入聲)	˥ʔ (5)	checked

[edit] Tone Sandhi

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[edit] Grammar

[edit] Morphology

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[edit] Syntax

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[edit] Vocabulary

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[edit] History

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[edit] Examples

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[edit] 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.)

[edit] See also

• Gan Chinese
• List of Chinese dialects

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue report for Gan
• Cantonese and other dialects (in Chinese)
• Classification of Gan Dialects from Glossika

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