Central Min
Language
Central Min | |||||
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闽中语 | |||||
Min Zhong | |||||
Native to | Southern China, United States (mainly California) | ||||
Region | Yong'an, Sanming | ||||
Native speakers | 700,000 (2004)[1] | ||||
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Early forms | Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |||||
ISO 639-3 | czo | ||||
Glottolog | minz1235 | ||||
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-hb | ||||
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 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.[5] DialectsNotes
ReferencesCentral Min test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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