Central Min
| Central Min | |
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| Min Zhong | |
| Native to | Southern China, United States (mainly California) |
| Region | eastern Fujian; Fuzhou; Yong'an, Sanming |
Native speakers | 3.1 million (2000 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | czo |
| Glottolog | minz1235 |
 Min Zhong (pink) | |
Central Min, or Min Zhong (simplified Chinese: 闽中; traditional Chinese: 閩中; pinyin: Mǐnzhōng), is a member of the Min subcategory of Chinese languages. It is spoken around Yong'an, Sanming and Sha located in the central mountain areas of Fujian. The total population of approximately 3,000,000 native speakers, is the fourth most common variety of the Min branch of Chinese languages.
Dialects
- Sanming
- Yong'an
- Shaxian
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References
- ^ Central Min at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)