Gan Chinese

Gan
Gann
贛語/赣语
Gon ua
Gan ua (Gan) written in Chinese characters
Native toChina
Regioncentral and northern Jiangxi, eastern Hunan, eastern Hubei, southern Anhui, northwest Fujian
EthnicityGan people
Native speakers
23 million (2021)[1]
Early forms
Varieties
Chinese character
Pha̍k-oa-chhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3gan
Glottologganc1239
Linguasphere79-AAA-f
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese贛語
Simplified Chinese赣语
GanGon ua
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGànyǔ
Gan
RomanizationGon ua
Hakka
RomanizationKàm-ngî
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgam yúh
Jyutpinggam3 jyu5
Jiangxi dialect
Traditional Chinese江西話
Simplified Chinese江西话
GanKongsi ua
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāngxīhuà
Gan
RomanizationKongsi ua
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgōng sāi wá
Jyutpinggong1 sai1 waa2
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Gan, Gann[2] or Kan is a group of Sinitic languages spoken natively by many people in the Jiangxi province of China, as well as significant populations in surrounding regions such as Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Fujian. Gan is a member of the Sinitic languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and Hakka is the closest Chinese variety to Gan in terms of phonetics.

There are different dialects of Gan; the Nanchang dialect is the prestige dialect.

  1. ^ Gan Chinese at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ The double nn represents the falling tone in Mandarin