Chinese, Gan

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
gan
Alternate Names
Gan, Jiangxi hua, Jiangxinese, Kan
Population

20,600,000 (1984).

Location

Jiangxi Province and southeast corner of Hubei Province, including Dachi, Xianning, Jiayu, Chongyang, and parts of Anhui; east Hunan and Fujian provinces. Chang-Jing in Nanchang city, Xiuhui, and Jing’an; Yi-Liu in Yichun (Ichun) in Jiangxi, Liuyang in Hunan.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
Dialects

Chang-Jing, Datong, Dongsui, Fu-Guang, Hauiyue, Ji-Cha, Leizi, Nanchang, Yilu (Yi-Liu), Ying-Yi. Marginally intelligible with Mandarin [cmn] and Wu [wuu] Chinese. Lexical similarity: with Hakka Chinese [hak].

Typology

Tonal

Language Use

Also use Mandarin [cmn].

Language Development
91% (2000 census, Han nationality).
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chinese, Gan
Writing
Han script, Simplified variant. Han script, Traditional variant.
Other Comments

Most officially classified within Han nationality. Nanchang is representative dialect.