Da–Tong Gan Explained

Da-Tong
Nativename:Daye
States:China
Region:Southeastern Hubei, eastern Hunan
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Chinese
Fam4:Gan
Iso3:none
Iso6:dton
Glotto:none
Notice:IPA
Script:Chinese characters
Map:Gan_Dialects.png
Mapcaption:Map of Gan languages; Da-Tong-speaking region in orange.

Da-Tong, sometimes called Daye after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is spoken in Daye, in the southeastern part of Hubei province near the Jiangxi border, as well as in Xianning, Jiangyu, Puxin, Chongyang, Tongcheng, Tongshan, and Yangxin in Hubei, as well as in Huarong and bordering areas of eastern Hunan.

Sounds

The Daye variety will be taken as representative.

Consonants

 ! Bilabial ! Alveolar! Alveolo-palatal! Velar! Glottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ 
Plosivevoiceless unaspiratedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ 
voiceless aspiratedpronounced as //pronounced as // pronounced as // 
Affricatevoiceless unaspirated pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/  
voiceless aspirated pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/  
Fricativevoiced pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/  
voicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Lateral approximant pronounced as /link/   

Tones

Citation tones

Tone chart of Daye Gan
Tone number Tone contour
1yin ping (Chinese: 陰平)pronounced as /˨/ (2)
2yang ping (Chinese: 陽平)pronounced as /˧˩˧/ (313)
3shang sheng (Chinese: 上聲)pronounced as /˦˧/ (43)
4qu sheng (Chinese: 去聲)pronounced as /˧˥/ (35)
5ru sheng (Chinese: 入聲)pronounced as /˩˧/ (13)