Central Min, or Min Zhong (), is a part of the
Min group of
varieties of Chinese
There are hundreds of local Chinese language varieties forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language family, many of which are not Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible. Variation is particularly strong in the m ...
. It is spoken in the valley of the Sha River in
Sanming prefecture in the central mountain areas of
Fujian
Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...
, consisting of
Yong'an, the urban area of Sanming (
Sanyuan and
Meilie districts) and
Sha County
Shaxian District (), formerly Sha County, is a District (China), District of Sanming, Fujian, Fujian Province, China, People's Republic of China. Shaxian District is the hometown of Shaxian delicacies, which are considered part of the food heritag ...
.
Dialects
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Sanming dialect
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Yong'an dialect
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Shaxian dialect
Notes
References
* (includes a description of the phonology of the Yong'an dialect)
Languages of China
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