Ying-Yi dialect
| Ying-Yi | |
|---|---|
| Yingtan | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Northeastern Jiangxi |
Native speakers | (no estimate available) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 |
yiyi |
| Glottolog |
ying1246[1] |
Ying-Yi, sometimes called Yingtan dialect after its principal variety, is a dialect of the Gan language. 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.
Phonetics and Phonology
The Yugan variety will be taken as representative.
Consonants
| bilabial | alveolar | alveolo-palatal | Post- alveolar |
velar | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| plosives | voiceless unaspirated | p | t | k | |||
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
| voiceless fricatives | ɸ | s | ɕ | ʃ | h | ||
| affricates | voiceless unaspirated | ts | tɕ | tʃ | |||
| voiceless aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | tʃʰ | ||||
| lateral approximants | l | ||||||
Tones
Citation tones
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7 | ru sheng (入聲) | ˩̚ (1) | checked |
References
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