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.
Sounds The Yugan variety of Ying-Yi will be taken as representative.
Consonants
+ Consonants of the Yugan Gan bilabial alveolar alveolo-palatal Post-alveolar velar glottalNasal Plosive voiceless unaspirated voiceless aspirated Affricatevoiceless unaspirated voiceless aspirated Fricative Lateral approximant
Tones
Citation tones
+ Tone chart of Yugan Gan Tone number Tone name Tone contour Description 1 yin ping () (33) falling 2 yang ping () (14) rising 3 shang sheng () (213) dipping 4 yin qu () (45) high 5 yang qu () (12) low 6 ru sheng () (14) checked (Boolean value) 7 ru sheng () (1) checked (Boolean value)'
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