Zhongshan Min

Updated on Nov 04, 2023

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Region Guangdong Province Glottolog None		Native speakers 150,000 (date missing)

Native to China, United States (California、Hawaii). Language family Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Min Coastal Min Southern Min Zhongshan Min

Zhongshan Min (Chinese: 中山閩語), is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the Zhongshan region of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The Zhongshan Min people settled in the region from Fujian Province as early as the Northern Song dynasty period (1023–1031). There are three main dialects:

Longdu dialect, spoken in Dachong in the west of the prefecture,

Nanlang dialect, spoken in Nanlang in the east, and

Sanxiang dialect, spoken in Sanxiang in the south.

According to Nicholas Bodman, the Longdu and Nanlang dialects belong to the Eastern Min group, while the Sanxiang dialect belongs to Southern Min. All three have been heavily influenced by the Shiqi dialect, the local variety of Yue Chinese.

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Zhongshan Min Wikipedia

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