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]