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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| Language codes | |
| 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 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
- Sanming
- Yong'an
- Shaxian
References
- 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)
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References
- ^ Central Min at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)