Central Min Explained

Central Min
Nativename:Min Zhong
States:Southern China, United States (mainly California)
Region:Yong'an, Sanming
Speakers:700,000
Date:2004
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Chinese
Fam4:Min
Fam5:Inland Min
Dia1:Sanming
Dia2:Yong'an
Dia3:Shaxian
Ancestor:Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Ancestor2:Old Chinese
Ancestor3:Proto-Min
Iso3:czo
Glotto:minz1235
Glottorefname:Min Zhong Chinese
Lingua:79-AAA-hb
Map:Min dialect map.svg

Central Min, or Min Zhong, is a part of the Min group of varieties of Chinese. It is spoken in the valley of the Sha River in Sanming prefecture in the central mountain areas of Fujian, consisting of Yong'an, the urban area of Sanming (Sanyuan and Meilie districts) and Sha County.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Stephen Adolphe . Wurm . Rong . Li . Theo . Baumann . Mei W. . Lee . Language Atlas of China . Longman . 1987 . 978-962-359-085-3 . B-12 .