Gan Chinese

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Gan
Gann
贛語/赣语 Gon ua
Gan ua (Gan) written in Chinese characters
Native to	China
Region	central and northern Jiangxi, eastern Hunan, eastern Hubei, southern Anhui, northwest Fujian
Ethnicity	Gan people
Native speakers	23 million (2021)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Hakka–Gan? Gan
Early forms	Old Chinese Eastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese
Varieties	Nanchangese Yichun Yingtan Daye
Writing system	Chinese character Pha̍k-oa-chhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gan
Glottolog	ganc1239
Linguasphere	79-AAA-f
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	贛語
Simplified Chinese	赣语
Gan	Gon ua
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gànyǔ Gan Romanization Gon ua Hakka Romanization Kàm-ngî Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gam yúh Jyutping gam3 jyu5
Jiangxi dialect
Traditional Chinese	江西話
Simplified Chinese	江西话
Gan	Kongsi ua
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāngxīhuà Gan Romanization Kongsi ua Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gōng sāi wá Jyutping gong1 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.