Da-Tong, sometimes called Daye () after its principal dialect, is one of the Gan Chinese languages. 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
+ Consonants of Daye Gan Bilabial Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Velar GlottalNasal Plosive voiceless unaspirated voiceless aspirated Affricatevoiceless unaspirated voiceless aspirated Fricativevoiced voiceless Lateral approximant
Tones
Citation tones
+ Tone chart of Daye Gan Tone number Tone name Tone contour 1 yin ping () (2) 2 yang ping () (313) 3 shang sheng () (43) 4 qu sheng () (35) 5 ru sheng () (13)