Gan Chinese

E181409

Gan Chinese is a major Sinitic language variety spoken primarily in Jiangxi province and surrounding regions in southeastern China.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gan Chinese canonical 17
Gan Chinese language 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Sinitic language
language
country China
dialectGroup Changdu Gan
Datong Gan
Yiliu Gan
surface form: Fuguang Gan

Jicha Gan
Yiliu Gan
Yiping Gan
ethnicity Han Chinese
family Sino-Tibetan languages
surface form: Sino-Tibetan language family
glottocode ganc1239
hasAlternativeName Gan
Jiangxi Province
surface form: Jiangxi hua

赣方言
赣语
hasFeature lexical items distinct from Mandarin
phonological similarities with Hakka in some areas
preservation of entering tone category
tone language
use of sentence-final particles
voicing-based tone splits in many dialects
iso639-3 gan
linguasphere 79-AAA-j
majorCityDialect Ganzhou
Ji'an
Jiujiang
Nanchang
Pingxiang
Yichun
mutualIntelligibility limited mutual intelligibility with Hakka Chinese
not mutually intelligible with Standard Mandarin for most speakers
primaryRegion Jiangxi Province
region Anhui
surface form: Anhui Province

Fujian
surface form: Fujian Province

Guangdong Province
Hubei Province
Hunan Province
Jiangxi Province
southeastern China
script Simplified Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese characters
standardForm Nanchang dialect
subclassOf Chinese
Sinitic languages
subfamily Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic
usedAlongside Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
usedAs vernacular language in Jiangxi
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Han Chinese primaryLanguage Gan Chinese
Hakka closelyRelatedTo Gan Chinese
Xiang Chinese influencedBy Gan Chinese
Chinese language hasPart Gan Chinese
Middle Chinese ancestorOf Gan Chinese
Kejiahua closelyRelatedTo Gan Chinese
Pinghua distinctFrom Gan Chinese
Gan relatedTo Gan Chinese
Gan sharesNameWith Gan Chinese
this entity surface form: Gan Chinese language
Gan River etymologyRelatedTo Gan Chinese
this entity surface form: Gan Chinese language
Yichun language Gan Chinese
Hengzhou dialect group differsFrom Gan Chinese
Ganzhou languageDialect Gan Chinese
Shangrao hasLocalDialect Gan Chinese
Ji'an language Gan Chinese
Shexian dialect contrastWith Gan Chinese
Wuyuan hasDialect Gan Chinese