Studies on five tongue moving types in Jiangsu Han nationality

336 senior high school students(125 males,211 females) of Jiangsu Han were investigated on 5 tongue moving types including tongue rolling,tongue folding,tongue twisting,pointed tongue and clover-leaf tongue.The results were as follows:(1) No significant sexual difference was found in the frequencies of 4 tongue moving types except pointed tongue.(2) Compared with other groups,Jiangsu Han had middle frequencies of tongue rolling,tongue folding,tongue twisting,and had lower frequencies of pointed tongue and clover-leaf tongue.(3) Only 4 pairs were related among the 5 tongue moving types: tongue rolling with tongue folding(the highly significant correlation),tongue rolling with tongue twisting(the highly significant correlation),tongue folding with tongue twisting(the significant correlation),tongue folding with clover-leaf tongue(the highly significant correlation).The result showed that correlations were little among the 5 tongue moving types.(4) The results of cluster analysis showed that the tongue moving types of Jiangsu Han were similar with those of Derung,Mulam and Bouyei.