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Central Min
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Min Zhong
Native toSouthern China, United States (mainly California)
Regioneastern Fujian; Fuzhou; Yong'an, Sanming
Native speakers
3.1 million (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3czo
Glottologminz1235
Min Zhong (orange)

Central Min, or Min Zhong (simplified Chinese: 闽中语; traditional Chinese: 閩中語; pinyin: Mǐnzhōngyǔ), is a part of the Min group of varieties of Chinese. It is spoken around Yong'an, Sanming and Sha located in the central mountain areas of Fujian. The total population of approximately 3 million native speakers, is the fourth most common subgroup of Min.

Dialects

References

  1. ^ Central Min at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Norman, Jerry (1974), "The initials of Proto-Min", Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2 (1): 27–36, JSTOR 23749809. (includes a description of the phonology of the Yong'an dialect)