"Min Zhong" redirects here. For other uses, see Min Zhong (disambiguation).
Central Min
闽中语
Min Zhong
Native to
Southern China, United States (mainly California)
Region
Yong'an, Sanming
Native speakers
3.65 million (2022)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Sinitic
Chinese
Min
Inland Min
Central Min
Early forms
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Old Chinese[a]
Proto-Min
Dialects
Sanming
Yong'an
Shaxian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
czo
Glottolog
minz1235
Linguasphere
79-AAA-hb
Central Min
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.[5]
^Central Min at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR 2718766
^Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
^Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
^Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Li, Rong; Baumann, Theo; Lee, Mei W. (1987). Language Atlas of China. Longman. p. B-12. ISBN 978-962-359-085-3.
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