Nanchang dialect
E827484
The Nanchang dialect is the primary and most representative variety of Gan Chinese spoken in and around Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese dialect
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Gan Chinese variety ⓘ Sinitic language variety ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroGroup | Chinese languages ⓘ |
| capitalCityDialectOf | Jiangxi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | covered under Gan Chinese ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
higher mutual intelligibility with other Gan dialects
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lexical items distinct from Mandarin ⓘ limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones
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complex tone sandhi ⓘ entering tone syllables ⓘ final stops in entering tone syllables ⓘ initial consonant clusters simplified compared to Middle Chinese ⓘ tone ⓘ voicing distinction in historical obstruents (partially preserved) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | local prestige variety of Gan in Jiangxi capital ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopmentInfluence |
influenced by Mandarin through language contact
ⓘ
influenced by surrounding Gan dialects ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | descended from Middle Chinese ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Cantonese
NERFINISHED
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Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-6Code | (none or not standardized) ⓘ |
| isPrimaryVarietyOf | Gan Chinese in Nanchang area ⓘ |
| isRepresentativeVarietyOf | Gan Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUrbanKoinéFor | Gan speakers in Nanchang ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Sinitic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
largely unintelligible to Mandarin speakers without exposure
ⓘ
partially intelligible with other Gan varieties ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Han Chinese in Nanchang ⓘ |
| region |
Jiangxi Province
NERFINISHED
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Nanchang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nanchang city proper
NERFINISHED
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suburban areas of Nanchang ⓘ surrounding counties of Nanchang ⓘ |
| standardWithin | Nanchang urban area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Gan Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | daily communication in Nanchang ⓘ |
| usedInCulture | local folk songs and storytelling in Nanchang ⓘ |
| usedInMedia | some local radio and television programs in Nanchang ⓘ |
| usesStandardWrittenForm | Standard written Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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