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* The first viewpoint considers Gan to be a dialect of Chinese, which is supported by the scholars in mainland China.

Actually, Gan and Xiang were carved out of the region of the Mandarin language until 1937 and some Gan speakers consider Gan a dialect of Chinese, mostly owing to political beliefs or nationalist sentiments.

Gan has more similarities with Mandarin than with Cantonese or Min.