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.
Ying-Yi | |
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Yingtan | |
Native to | China |
Region | Northeastern Jiangxi |
Language family | |
Writing system | Chinese characters |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
ISO 639-6 | yiyi |
Glottolog | ying1246 |
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The Yugan variety of Ying-Yi will be taken as representative.
bilabial | alveolar | alveolo-palatal | Post- alveolar |
velar | glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
Plosive | voiceless unaspirated | p | t | k | |||
voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
Affricate | voiceless unaspirated | ts | tɕ | tʃ | |||
voiceless aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | tʃʰ | ||||
Fricative | ɸ | s | ɕ | ʃ | h | ||
Lateral approximant | l |
Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Description |
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1 | yin ping (陰平) | ˧ (33) | falling |
2 | yang ping (陽平) | ˩˦ (14) | rising |
3 | shang sheng (上聲) | ˨˩˧ (213) | dipping |
4 | yin qu (陰去) | ˦˥ (45) | high |
5 | yang qu (陽去) | ˩˨ (12) | low |
6 | ru sheng (入聲) | ˩˦̚ (14) | checked (Boolean value) |
7 | ru sheng (入聲) | ˩̚ (1) | checked (Boolean value)' |
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