| Yi-Liu | |
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| Yichun | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Central and westernJiangxi |
| Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| ISO 639-6 | yilu |
| Glottolog | yili1247 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-faf |
 Map ofGan languages; Yi-Liu-speaking region in yellow. | |
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Yi-Liu, sometimes calledYichun (simplified Chinese:宜春话;traditional Chinese:宜春話) after its principal dialect, is one of theGan Chinese languages. It is spoken inYichun inJiangxi province and inLiuyang inHunan, after which it is named, as well as in Shanggao, Qingjiang, Xingan,Xinyu City, Fen yi,Pingxiang City, Fengcheng, Wanzai in Jiangxi and inLiling in Hunan.
The Yichun variety will be taken as representative.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Post- alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Lateralapproximant | l | ||||||
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Examples |
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| 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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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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