Zhongshan Min

Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan Min
中山閩語
Native to	China, United States (California、Hawaii).
Region	Guangdong Province
Native speakers	150,000[citation needed]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Min Coastal Min Southern Min Zhongshan Min; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	zhon1238 Zhongshan Min
	Zhongshan Min

Zhongshan Min (Chinese: 中山閩語), is a Min Chinese language spoken in the Zhongshan region of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The Zhongshan Min people settled in the region from Fujian Province as early as the Northern Song dynasty period (1023–1031).^[1] There are three main dialects:

According to Nicholas Bodman, the Longdu and Nanlang dialects belong to the Eastern Min group, while the Sanxiang dialect belongs to Southern Min. All three have been heavily influenced by the Shiqi dialect, the local variety of Yue Chinese.^[2]^[3]

Notes and references

^ Ting, Pang-hsin; Chang, Song-hing (2002). The Study of Min Dialects and Its Relationship with Other Peripheral Dialects (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. ISBN 9789622019966. OCLC 50568616.
^ Bodman, Nicholas C. (1984). "The Namlong Dialect, a Northern Min Outlier in Zhongshan Xian and the Influence of Cantonese on its Lexicon and Phonology". Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies. 14 (1): 1–19.
^ Bodman, Nicholas C. (1985). "The Reflexes of Initial Nasals in Proto-Southern Min-Hingua". In Acson, Veneeta; Leed, Richard L. (eds.). For Gordon H. Fairbanks. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications. Vol. 20. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 2–20. ISBN 978-0-8248-0992-8. JSTOR 20006706.