| Ying-Yi | |
|---|---|
| Yingtan | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Northeastern Jiangxi |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| ISO 639-6 | yiyi |
| Glottolog | ying1246 |
Ying-Yi, sometimes called Yingtan after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is named after Yingtan and Yiyang, and is spoken in those areas as well as in Yugan Guixi, Yujiang, Wannian, Leping, Poyang, Pengze, Hengfeng, Chuanshan in Jiangxi province.
Sounds
The Yugan variety of Ying-Yi will be taken as representative.
Consonants
| bilabial | alveolar | alveolo-palatal | Post- alveolar |
velar | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless unaspirated | p | t | k | |||
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
| Affricate | voiceless unaspirated | ts | tɕ | tʃ | |||
| voiceless aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | tʃʰ | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ɕ | ʃ | h | ||
| Lateral approximant | l | ||||||
Tones
Citation tones
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yin ping (陰平) | ˧ (33) | falling |
| 2 | yang ping (陽平) | ˩˦ (14) | rising |
| 3 | shang sheng (上聲) | ˨˩˧ (213) | dipping |
| 4 | yin qu (陰去) | ˦˥ (45) | high |
| 5 | yang qu (陽去) | ˩˨ (12) | low |
| 6 | ru sheng (入聲) | ˩˦̚ (14) | checked (Boolean value) |
| 7 | ru sheng (入聲) | ˩̚ (1) | checked (Boolean value)' |
References
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