Northern Min

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Northern Min
Min Bei
Mâing-bă̤-ngṳ̌/閩北語
Native to Southern China, United States (mostly California)
Region northwestern & central Fujian; Nanping
Native speakers
11 million (2007)[1]
Dialects
Chinese character
Kienning Colloquial Romanized (Jian'ou Romanized)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mnp
Glottolog minb1244[2]
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Northern Min (red)

Northern Min (simplified Chinese: 闽北; traditional Chinese: 閩北; pinyin: Mǐnběi), is a group of mutually intelligible[citation needed] dialects of Min spoken in Nanping Prefecture of northwestern Fujian.

The Chinese varieties of Fujian province were traditionally divided into Northern and Southern groups. However, dialectologists now divide Min more finely.[3] By this narrower definition, Northern Min covers the dialects of Shibei (石陂, in Pucheng County), Chong'an (崇安, in Wuyishan City), Xingtian (兴田, in Wuyishan City), Wufu (五夫, in Wuyishan City), Zhenghe (in Zhenghe County), Zhenqian (镇前, in Zhenghe County), Jianyang and Jian'ou.[3]

Dialects

References

  1. Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
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