Min Chinese
| Min | |
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| 閩語/闽语 | |
| Geographic distribution: |
China: Fujian, Guangdong (around Chaozhou-Swatou and Leizhou peninsula), Hainan, Zhejiang (Shengsi, Putuo and Wenzhou), Jiangsu (Liyang and Jiangyin); Taiwan; overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and North America |
| Linguistic classification: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Proto-language: | proto-Min |
| Subdivisions: | |
| ISO 639-6: | mclr |
| Linguasphere: | 79-AAA-h to 79-AAA-l |
| Glottolog: | minn1248 |
Distribution of Min languages in Taiwan and China.
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Bân gú / Mìng ngṳ̄ ('Min') written in
Chinese characters |
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| Traditional Chinese | 閩語 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 闽语 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Bân gú | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Mǐn Yǔ |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Bân gú |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Mìng ngṳ̄ |
| Pu-Xian Min | |
| Hinghwa BUC | Máng-gṳ̂ |
| Northern Min | |
| Jian'ou Romanized | Mâing-ngṳ̌ |
Min or Miin (simplified Chinese: 闽语; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Mǐn yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân gú; BUC: Mìng ngṳ̄) is a broad group of Chinese varieties spoken by over 70 million people in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian as well as by migrants from this province in Guangdong (around Chaozhou-Swatou, or Chaoshan area, Leizhou peninsula and Part of Zhongshan), Hainan, three counties in southern Zhejiang, Zhoushan archipelago off Ningbo, some towns in Liyang, Jiangyin City in Jiangsu province, and Taiwan. The name is derived from the Min River in Fujian. Min varieties are not mutually intelligible with any other varieties of Chinese.
There are many Min speakers among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. The most widely spoken variety of Min outside Fujian is Hokkien (which includes Taiwanese and Amoy).
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