Central Min

Central Min
闽中语
Min Zhong
Native to	Southern China, United States (mainly California)
Region	eastern Fujian; Fuzhou; Yong'an, Sanming
Native speakers	3.1 million (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Inland Min Central Min
Dialects	Sanming Yong'an Shaxian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`czo`
Glottolog	`minz1235`^[2]
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)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Min Zhong Chinese". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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)

Min Chinese

Languages

Eastern Min

Southern subgroup	Fuzhou dialect Minhou dialect Lianjiang dialect Fuqing dialect Changle dialect Gutian dialect Pingtan dialect Luoyuan dialect Yongtai dialect Youxi dialect Ningde dialect Weili dialect Matsu dialect

Northern subgroup	Xiapu dialect Fu'an dialect Zherong dialect Fuding dialect Shouning dialect Zhouning dialect

Mango dialect	Taishun Manjiang Cangnan Manhua

Southern Min

Hokkien	Amoy dialect Taiwanese Hokkien Quanzhou dialect Zhangzhou dialect Jinjiang dialect Longyan Min Zhangping dialect Toubei dialect Nan'an dialect Anxi dialect Longhai dialect Hui'an dialect Philippine Hokkien Singaporean Hokkien Medan Hokkien Northern Malaysian Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Riau Hokkien

Chao-Shan Min	Teochew dialect Shantou dialect Hailufeng dialect Jieyang dialect Puning dialect Chenghai dialect Chaoyang dialect Nan'ao dialect Raoping dialect Huilai dialect Bangkok Teochew Cambodia Teochew Kalimantan Teochew

Datian Min	Datian Min

Zhenan Min	Cangnan dialect Pingyang dialect Dongtou dialect Yuhuan dialect

Zhongshan Min	Longdu dialect Nanlang dialect Sanxiang dialect Zhangjiabian dialect

Pu-Xian Min
(Hinghwa)

Northern Min

Jian'ou dialect
Jianyang dialect
Chong'an dialect
Songxi dialect
Zhenghe dialect

Shao-Jiang Min

Shaowu dialect
Jiangle dialect
Guangze dialect
Shunchang dialect

Central Min

Qiong-Lei Min

Hainanese

Fucheng subgroup	Haikou dialect Ding'an dialect Chengmai dialect Tunchang dialect

Wenchang subgroup	Wenchang dialect Qionghai dialect

Wanning subgroup	Wanning dialect Lingshui dialect

Yaxian subgroup	Yaxian dialect

Changgan subgroup	Changjiang dialect

Leizhou Min

Leizhou Min

Writing system

type

Logogram	Chinese characters

Phonogram	Pe̍h-ōe-jī Pêh-uē-jī Hainan Romanized Foochow Romanized Fu'an Romanized Hinghwa Romanized Kienning Colloquial Romanized Taiwanese Romanization System Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet Daighi tongiong pingim Bbánlám pìngyīm Teochew Transliteration Scheme Hainanese Transliteration Scheme Fuzhou dialect Transliteration Scheme Jian'ou dialect Transliteration Scheme

Mix	Hàn-lô

Research

relative languages	Proto-Min Coastal Min Inland Min

Rime dictionaries	Qi Lin Bayin Anqiang Bayin Qiyin Zihui Bayin Dingjue Paizhang Zhiyin Dujiangshu Shiwuyin Huiyin Miaowu Zengbu Huiyin Chaosheng Shiwuyin Jimu Zhiyin Chaoyu Shiwuyin Jianzhou Bayin

Languages of China

Official

Standard Mandarin

Regional

Cantonese^HK/MC
English^HK
Mongolian^NM
Portuguese^MC
Tibetan^XZ
Uyghur^XJ
Zhuang^GX

Indigenous

Sino-Tibetan

Lolo–Burmese	Achang Akha Hani Jino Lahu Lisu Yi

Qiangic	Baima Ersu Naxi Pumi Northern Qiang Southern Qiang Zhaba

Bodish	Groma Tibetan Amdo Central Khams

Other	Ayi Bai Derung Jingpho Monpa Tujia Waxianghua

Austroasiatic

Blang
De'ang

Austronesian

Tsat

Other

Sarikoli

Minority

Varieties of Chinese

Creole

Sign

Chinese Sign
- Hong Kong Sign^HK/MC
Tibetan Sign^XZ

GX = Guangxi
HK = Hong Kong
MC = Macau
NM = Inner Mongolia
XJ = Xinjiang
XZ = Tibet

Chinese language(s)

Major
subdivisions

Mandarin

Northeastern
- Harbin
- Shenyang
Beijing
- Karamay
Ji–Lu
- Tianjin
- Jinan
Jiao–Liao
- Dalian
- Qingdao
- Weihai
Central Plains
- Gangou
- Guanzhong
- Luoyang
- Xuzhou
- Dungan
Lan–Yin
Southwestern
Lower Yangtze
- Nanjing

Taihu
- Shanghainese
- Suzhou
- Wuxi
- Changzhou
- Hangzhou
- Shaoxing
- Ningbo
- Jinxiang
- Jiangyin
- Shadi
Taizhou Wu
- Taizhou
Oujiang
- Wenzhou
Wuzhou
- Jinhua
Chu–Qu
Xuanzhou

Gan

Xiang

Min

Eastern	Fuzhou Fuqing Fu'an Manjiang

Southern	Hokkien Quanzhou Zhangzhou Amoy Taiwanese Philippine Hokkien Medan Hokkien Penang Hokkien Singaporean Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Zhenan Longyan Teochew Shantou Haifeng Zhongshan Nanlang Sanxiang

other	Northern Jian'ou Jianyang Central Pu–Xian Shao–Jiang Leizhou Zhanjiang Hainan

Hakka

Yue

Proposed

Unclassified

Standardized forms

Phonology

History

Literary forms

Official	Classical Adoption in Vietnam Vernacular

Dialect-based	Written Cantonese Written Dungan Written Hokkien Written Sichuanese

Scripts

Standard	Simplified Traditional

Historical	Oracle bone Bronze Seal Clerical Semi-cursive Cursive

Braille	Cantonese Braille Mainland Chinese Braille Taiwanese Braille Two-Cell Chinese Braille

Other	Romanization Pinyin Wade–Giles Bopomofo Xiao'erjing Nüshu Chinese punctuation Taiwanese kana Dungan Cyrillic

List of varieties of Chinese

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