Da–Tong Gan
Introduction '''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)