| Yi-Liu | |
|---|---|
| Yichun | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Central and western Jiangxi |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| ISO 639-6 | yilu |
| Glottolog | yili1247 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-faf |
Yi-Liu, sometimes called Yichun (simplified Chinese: 宜春话; traditional Chinese: 宜春話) after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. It is spoken in Yichun in Jiangxi province and in Liuyang in Hunan, after which it is named, as well as in Shanggao, Qingjiang, Xingan, Xinyu City, Fen yi, Pingxiang City, Fengcheng, Wanzai in Jiangxi and in Liling in Hunan.
Sounds
The Yichun variety will be taken as representative.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal |
Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| unaspirated | p | t | k | ||||
| Affricate | aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | tʃʰ | |||
| unaspirated | ts | tɕ | tʃ | ||||
| Fricative | f | s | ɕ | ʃ | h | ||
| Lateral approximant | l | ||||||
Tones
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dark level (阴平) | ˨˦ (25) | 多家彪都姑波编邦 |
| 2 | light level (阳平) | ˦ (44) | 婆爬钱磨驴朋肥扶 |
| 3 | rising sheng (上声) | ˧˩ (31) | 左努改讨巧草拐苦 |
| 4 | light departing (去声) | ˨˩˧ (213) | 大树害饭谢用望漏 |
| 5 | departing sheng (入声) | ˥ (55) | 月六黑割发白湿毒 |
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