Central Min

Central Min, or Min Zhong (simplified Chinese: 闽中; traditional Chinese: 閩中; pinyin: Mǐnzhōng), 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

• Sanming
• Yong'an
• Shaxian

References

• 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)

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