Yi-Liu, sometimes called Yichun () after its principal dialect, is one of the
Gan Chinese
Gan, Gann or Kan is a group of Sinitic languages spoken natively by many people in the Jiangxi province of China, as well as significant populations in surrounding regions such as Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Fujian. Gan is a member of the Sini ...
languages. It is spoken in
Yichun in
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...
province and in
Liuyang
Liuyang () is a county-level city, the List of County-level divisions of Hunan by population, most populous and the easternmost county-level division of Hunan, Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city o ...
in
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangx ...
, 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
Liling () is a county-level city and the List of County-level divisions of Hunan by population, 12th most populous county-level division in Hunan, Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhuzhou. Loca ...
in Hunan.
Sounds
The Yichun variety will be taken as representative.
Consonants
Tones
References
Gan Chinese
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