Min language

Min
閩語/闽语
Ethnicity	Han Chinese
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 Sinitic Chinese Min
Early forms	Old Chinese Eastern Han Chinese
Proto-language	Proto-Min
Subdivisions	Northern Central Eastern Pu-Xian Southern Leizhou Hainan Shao-Jiang
ISO 639-6	mclr
Linguasphere	79-AAA-h to 79-AAA-l
Glottolog	minn1248
Distribution of Min languages in Taiwan and China.

Min Chinese
Bân gú / Mìng ngṳ̄ ('Min') written in Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese	閩語
Simplified Chinese	闽语
Hokkien POJ	Bân gú
Transcriptions 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).