Chang-Du_dialect

Chang–Du Gan

Chang–Du Gan

Dialect of Gan Chinese

Chang–Du or Chang–Jing, sometimes called Nanchang or Nanchangese[1] (simplified Chinese: 南昌话; traditional Chinese: 南昌話; pinyin: Nánchānghuà) after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is named after Nanchang and Duchang County, and is spoken in those areas as well as in Xinjian, Anyi, Yongxiu, De'an, Xingzi, Hukou, and bordering regions in Jiangxi and in Pingjiang County, Hunan.

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Phonology

The Nanchang dialect has 19 syllable onsets or initials (including the zero initial), 65 finals and 7 tones.[2]

Initials

In each cell below, the first line indicates IPA transcription, the second indicates pinyin.

More information Bilabial, Dental/ Alveolar ...

Finals

The finals of the Nanchang dialect are:[3]

More information -, -i ...

Consonantal codas

More information Syllabic nasals ...
consonantal finals -p -t -k -m -n -ng
IPA [-p] [-t] [-k] [-m] [-n] [-ŋ]
Example 十 八 百 咸 限 横
  • The codas in italic are at present only reserved in several Gan dialects.

Tone

Like other Chinese varieties, tones in Gan make phonemic distinctions. There are five phonemic tones in Gan, which are reduced to two 'entering tones' before stop consonants. In the traditional classification, these are considered separately:

tones of Gan
More information Tone number, Tone name ...

The 6th and 7th tones are the same as the 4th and 5th tones, except that the syllable ends in a stop consonant, /t/ or /k/.

Example

A poem of Meng Haoran (“Men Hau-len” in Gan):

More information 春曉 孟浩然, Cun Hieu – Men Hau-len ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Fangyan Friday #5: Nanchang Dialect".
  2. [2]
    Yan (2006), p. 150.
  3. [3]
    Yan (2006), pp. 150–151, based on Hanyu Fangyin Zihui.
  • Běijīng Dàxué Zhōngguó yǔyán wénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé 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 0-521-29653-6
  • 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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