Gan Chinese-speaking people

Jiangxi/Jiangyou people
江西老表/江右人
A group of Christians from Jiangxi, 1898.
Total population
48 million (2004)
Regions with significant populations
China People's Republic of ChinaJiangxi
eastern Hunan
parts of Shaanxi
parts of Fujian
parts of Anhui
Northern Guangdong
Taiwan Republic of China (on Taiwan)As part of Waishengren population
Languages
Gan, Hakka, Jianghuai Mandarin Chinese, Hui, Chuqu Wu dialects, Xiang
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion
Related ethnic groups
other Han Chinese, Chuanqing people

The Gan-speaking Chinese or Jiangxi people or Jiangyou people or Kiang-Si people (old romanized spelling) are a subgroup of Han Chinese people. The origin of Gan-speaking people in China are from Jiangxi province in China. Gan-speaking populations are also found in Fujian, southern Anhui and Hubei provinces, and linguistic enclaves are found on Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and non-Gan speaking southern and western Jiangxi.