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Nanchang dialect

Chang-Du
Nanchang
Native to China
Region Northwestern Jiangxi
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6 cagj
Glottolog chan1317
Linguasphere 79-AAA-fad
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Chang-Du or Chang-Jing dialect, sometimes called Nanchang dialect (simplified Chinese: 南昌话; traditional Chinese: 南昌話; pinyin: nánchāng huà) after its principal variety, is a dialect of Gan Chinese. It is named after Nanchang and Duchang County, and is spoken in those areas as well as in Xinjian, Anyi, Yongxiu, De'an, Xingzi, Hukou, and bordering regions in Jiangxi and in Pingjiang County, Hunan.

The Nanchang variety will be taken as representative.

The finals of the Nanchang dialect are:

Nanchang has 5 tones, which are neutralized before a syllable-final stop.



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