Nanchang dialect

Nanchang dialect (zh-tsp|t=南昌話|s=南昌话|p=nánchāng huà) is a dialect of the Gan language family, which in turn constitutes one of the Sinitic language families. It is spoken in Nanchang in the Jiangxi province.

Classification

Geographic distribution

Dialects

Phonetics and Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Monophthongs

Diphthongs

Syllable structure

=Onsets=

=Rimes=

=Tones=

Nanchang has 5 tones, which are neutralized before a syllable-final stop.

Citation tones

Tone Sandhi

Grammar

=Morphology=

Syntax

Vocabulary

History

Examples

References

*Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H"ànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì". Běijīng: Wénzìgǎigé 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 0521296536
*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.)

ee also

* Gan Chinese
* List of Chinese dialects

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gan Ethnologue report for Gan]
* [http://www.chiculture.net/0604/html/c09/0604c09.html Cantonese and other dialects] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/classification/gan/index.php Classification of Gan Dialects from Glossika]