Gan Chinese
Jiangxi hua
Gan Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, by about 22.1 million people.
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Gan, Gann 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. 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.
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Written down
人人生而自由，在志向跟权利上一律平等。渠们赋有理性跟良心，并理当以弟兄义气相对待。
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Gan Chinese
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | 姆妈 | m¹ ma |
| child | 细人子 | xi⁴ nyin zi |
| person | 人 | nyin⁴ |
| name | 名字 | 'miang⁴ ci⁵ |
| friend | 朋友 | pung² iu |
| eye | 眼睛 | ngan³ jiang |
| ear | 耳朵 | eo³ dau |
| nose | 鼻公 | pit⁷ gung |
| tongue | 舌头 | set⁷ teu |
| head | 头 | teu² |
| blood | 血 | xyot⁶ |
| water | 水 | sui³ |
| star | 星子 | xiang¹ zi |
| rain | 雨 | y³ |
| wind | 风 | fung¹ |
| mountain | 山 | san¹ |
| river | 江 | gong¹ |
| sea | 海 | hai³ |
| tree | 树 | xy⁵ |
| leaf | 叶子 | iet⁶ zi |
| dog | 狗 | gieu³ |
| fish | 鱼 | nyie⁴ |
| horse | 马 | ma³ |
| pig | 猪 | jy¹ |
| snake | 蛇 | sa⁴ |
| one | 一 | it⁶ |
| two | 二 | eo⁵ |
| I | 我 | ngo³ |
| you | 你 | n³ |
| we | 我个俚 | ngo³ go li |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Jinyu ChineseSino-Tibetan42% alike
- Hakka ChineseSino-Tibetan39% alike
- DunganSino-Tibetan34% alike
- ChineseSino-Tibetan32% alike
- Xiang ChineseSino-Tibetan32% alike
- CantoneseSino-Tibetan29% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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