Shao–Jiang Min Explained

Shao–Jiang
Nativename:邵將 / 邵将
States:Southern China
Region:western Nanping Prefecture, Fujian
Speakers:850,000
Date:2004
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Chinese
Fam4:Min
Fam5:Inland Min
Dia1:Shaowu
Dia2:Jiangle
Ancestor:Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Ancestor2:Old Chinese
Ancestor3:Proto-Min
Script:Chinese characters,
Romanized Shaowu (Shaowu dialect)
Iso3:sjc
Glotto:shao1234
Glottorefname:Shaojiang
Lingua:79-AAA-l > 79-AAA-la
Map:Min dialect map.svg

Shao–Jiang or Shaojiang Min is a Min Chinese language centered on Western Nanping in Northwest Fujian, specifically in the Nanping counties of Guangze, Shaowu, and Western Shunchang and the Northern Sanming county of Jiangle.

Shao–Jiang developed from Northern Min (Min Bei), and was deeply influenced by Gan Chinese and Hakka Chinese. The classification of Shao–Jiang is disputed. It is frequently classified as a variety of Northern Min, but sometimes it is excluded from Min and classified as Gan Chinese instead. But it is mutually intelligible with neither other Northern Min nor other Gan. Actually it is a collection of dialects which have limited mutual intelligibility with each other instead of a coherent language. Some Chinese scholars call them Min-Gan varieties (Chinese: 闽赣方言), Min-Gan transitional varieties (Chinese: 闽赣过渡方言) or Min-Hakka-Gan transitional varieties (Chinese: 闽客赣过渡方言).

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