Min Dong

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Min Dong (閩東 語 / 闽东 语)

Spoken in

People's Republic of China
speaker Less than 10 million
Linguistic
classification
Official status
Official language in -
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

zh (Chinese languages)

ISO 639 -2 ( B ) chi (Chinese languages) ( T ) zho (Chinese languages)
ISO 639-3

cdo, zho (macro language, Chinese languages)

Min Dong or the eastern Min dialect ( Chinese  閩東 語  /  闽东 语 , Pinyin Mǐndōngyǔ , Min Dong: Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ ) is a Chinese language from the group of Min languages . It is spoken in the northeast of Fujian Province.

The dialect of the city of Fuzhou ( 福州 話  /  福州 话 , Fúzhōuhuà ), also called Futschou or Foochow , is of particular importance .

Geographical distribution of the Min languages
  • Min Dong (Eastern Min)
  • Shao Jiang dialects
  • Min At (Northern Min)
  • Min Zhong (Middle Min)
  • Pu Xian dialects
  • Min Nan (Southern Min)
  • Leizhou dialects
  • Hainan dialects

    • literature

    • Leo Chen, Jerry Norman: An Introduction to the Foochow Dialect. San Francisco State College, San Francisco 1965

    Web links

    Wikipedia on Min Dong