Da-Tong dialect
Da-Tong, sometimes called Daye dialect (simplified Chinese: 大冶话; traditional Chinese: 大冶話) after its principal variety, is a dialect of Gan Chinese. 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
Tones
Citation tones
Tone chart of Daye Gan
Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour |
1 |
yin ping (陰平) | ˨ (2) |
2 |
yang ping (陽平) | ˧˩˧ (313) |
3 |
shang sheng (上聲) | ˦˧ (43) |
4 |
yang qu (去聲) | ˧˥ (35) |
5 |
ru sheng (入聲) | ˩˧ (13) |