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Central Min

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Region
  
Yong'an, Sanming

ISO 639-3
  
czo

Native speakers
  
(683,000 cited 1987)

Central Min

Native to
  
Southern China, United States (mainly California)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Inland Min Central Min

Dialects
  
Sanming Yong'an Shaxian

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.

Dialects

  • Sanming dialect
  • Yong'an dialect
  • Shaxian dialect
  • References

    Central Min Wikipedia