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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
Gan
Early forms
Old Chinese
Eastern Han Chinese
Middle Chinese
Dialects
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.
^Gan Chinese at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^The double nn represents the falling tone in Mandarin
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