Eastern Min
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Key facts
- Region
- Southeast China , Japan , United States , Taiwan
- Native speakers
- 11 million (2022)
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Coastal Min Eastern Min
- Early forms
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Proto-Min
- Varieties
- Funing: Fu'an , Ningde Houguan: Fuqing , Fuzhou , Matsu Manjiang Zhongshan
- Writing system
- Chinese characters and Foochow Romanized
- Official language in
- Matsu Islands , Taiwan
- Recognised minority language in
- statutory language for public transport in the Matsu Islands
- Iso 639 3
- cdo
- Glottolog
- mind1253
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Eastern Min or Min Dong (traditional Chinese: 閩東語; simplified Chinese: 闽东语; pinyin: Mǐndōngyǔ, Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄) is a branch of the Min group of the Chinese languages of China. The prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect, the speech of the capital of Fujian.
Geographic distribution