Min Zhong
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Min Zhong
| Central Min | |
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| 闽中话 Min Zhong |
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| Spoken in | Southern China, United States (mainly California) |
| Region | eastern Fujian; Fuzhou; Yong'an, Sanming |
| Native speakers | 3 million (1984) (no recent data available) |
| Language family |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | czo[1] |
Min Zhong (pink)
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The Central Min language, 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
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/.
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