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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.
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] 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.)
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