Central Min

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)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Inland Min Central Min; ; ; ;
Dialects	Sanming; Yong'an; Shaxian;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	czo
Glottolog	minz1235
	Min Zhong (pink)

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

^ 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)

[e18-1] Central Min at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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