Yi–Liu Gan
Appearance
Yi-Liu | |
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Yichun | |
Native to | China |
Region | Central and western Jiangxi |
Chinese characters | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
ISO 639-6 | yilu |
Glottolog | yili1247 |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-faf |
![]() Map of Gan languages; Yi-Liu-speaking region in yellow. | |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/YiChun.jpg/220px-YiChun.jpg)
Yi-Liu, sometimes called Yichun (simplified Chinese:
Sounds[edit]
The Yichun variety will be taken as representative.
Consonants[edit]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal |
Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
Plosive | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
unaspirated | p | t | k | ||||
Affricate | aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | tʃʰ | |||
unaspirated | ts | tɕ | tʃ | ||||
Fricative | f | s | ɕ | ʃ | h | ||
Lateral approximant | l |
Tones[edit]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Yichun_tone_chart.png/440px-Yichun_tone_chart.png)
Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Examples |
---|---|---|---|
1 | dark level (阴平) | ˨˦ (25) | |
2 | light level (阳平) | ˦ (44) | |
3 | rising sheng ( |
˧˩ (31) | |
4 | light departing ( |
˨˩˧ (213) | |
5 | departing sheng ( |
˥ (55) |
References[edit]