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GAN ISO 639-3

Chinese, Gan

Jiangxi hua Autonym

A language of China

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Jiangxi, Jiangxinese, Kan, Xi
Autonym
Jiangxi hua
Population
22,200,000 (2018).
Location:
Hubei and Jiangxi provinces: including parts of Anhui, Chongyang, Dachi, Jiahu, and Xianning; Fujian and Hunan provinces. Jing’an, Nanchang city, and Xiuhui (Chang-Jing); Hunan (Liuyang); Yichun (Ichun), Jiangxi (Yi-Liu).
Language Status
5 (Developing). Language of recognized nationality: Han.
Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
Dialects
Chang-Du (Chang-Jing, Nanchang), Yi-Liu, Ji-Cha, Fu-Guang, Ying-Yi, Da-Tong, Lei-Zi, Dong-Sui, Huai-Yue. Marginally intelligible with Mandarin [cmn] and Wu [wuu] Chinese. Lexical similarity: with Hakka Chinese [hak]. A member of macrolanguage Chinese [zho].
Typology
Tonal.
Language Use
Used by all. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Language Development
91% (2000 census, Han nationality). Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1940.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chinese, Gan
Writing
Han script, Simplified variant [Hans]. Han script, Traditional variant [Hant]. Latin script [Latn], from 1891 to some time after last publication in 1922.
Other Comments
Nanchang is representative dialect.

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Location: Hubei and Jiangxi provinces: including parts of Anhui, Chongyang, Dachi, Jiahu, and Xianning; Fujian and Hunan provinces. Jing’an, Nanchang city, and Xiuhui (Chang-Jing); Hunan (Liuyang); Yichun (Ichun), Jiangxi (Yi-Liu).