Middle Gan

Middle Gan (中世贛語, Zung-si Gon-ngi) corresponds to the Gan language from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. The last time of large-scale settlement in Jiangxi by people from Zhongyuan took place due to the An Shi Rebellion and Gan language also became stabilized since the period.

Research on the rhyming system of Jiangxi poets of this period is made in order to study the linguistic form of Middle Gan. Scholars find out the Modern Gan languages still keep many linguistic characteristics of this historical layer.^[1] For example:

Rime 尤侯 corresponds to Rime 蕭豪
Rime 支微 corresponds to Rime 魚模
Rime 魚模 corresponds to Rime 家麻
Rime 皆來 corresponds to Rime 支微
Rime 監廉 corresponds to Rime 寒先
Rime 庚青 corresponds to Rime 江陽

Notes

^ Du Aiying & Lu Guoyao

References

Liu Lunxin (劉綸鑫), On the history of Gan-Hakka (客贛方言史簡論)
Du Aiying (杜愛英), On the rhyming system of Jiangxi poets of Song Dynasty (宋代江西詩人用韻研究)
Lu Guoyao (魯國堯), On the rhyming system of Jiangxi poets of Song - Yuan Dynasty (宋元江西詞人用韻研究)

History of the Gan language

Old Gan · Late Old Gan · Middle Gan · Late Middle Gan · Early Modern Gan · Modern Gan