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\tDialect of Min <\/strong>(\u95fd\u8bed m\u01d0ny\u01d4) is an important part of Chinese. Min varieties of Chinese are spoken by some 75 million individuals primarily in Fujian<\/strong> (\u798f\u5efa Fújiàn) province in China, and also in some parts of Jiangsu<\/strong> (\u6c5f\u82cf Ji\u0101ngs\u016b), Zhejiang<\/strong> (\u6d59\u6c5f Zhèji\u0101ng), Jiangxi <\/strong>(\u6c5f\u897f Ji\u0101ngx\u012b), Guangdong<\/strong> (\u5e7f\u4e1c Gu\u01cengd\u014dng), Hainan<\/strong> (\u6d77\u5357 H\u01ceinán) and Guangxi<\/strong> (\u5e7f\u897f Gu\u01cengx\u012b), at the same time as in Taiwan<\/strong> (\u53f0\u6e7e Táiw\u0101n) and Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Burma as well as other cities in Southeast Asia, and inside the USA, especially in New York City.<\/p>\n

\tThe traditional Chinese title for Fujian, originates from the Kingdom of Minyue<\/strong> (\u95fd\u8d8a M\u01d0nyuè) was positioned in what is now Fujian province between about 334-110 BC. The name Min was possibly an ethnic title and associated with all the Chinese word for barbarians , and Yue comes from the State of Yue, a kingdom in Zhejiang Province in the course of the Spring and Autumn Period (771 – 476 BC).<\/p>\n

\tVarieties of Min are divided in line with mutual intelligibility into five to nine separate groups. A distinction can also be made between Inland Min varieties and Coastal Min varieties.<\/p>\n

\t 1\u30011111111  111<\/span>Inland varieties of Min<\/strong>
\t<\/span> <\/span>1\u3001Northern Min<\/strong>
\t<\/span><\/span>Northern Min <\/strong>(\u95fd\u5317 M\u01d0nb\u011bi) or Min Bei has about 10.3 million speakers in the northern of Fujian Province, particulary close to Nanping<\/strong> (\u5357\u5e73 Nánpíng) and Xiaxian<\/strong> (\u590f\u53bf Xiàxiàn) city. There are also speakers in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia along with other cities of South East Asia.<\/p>\n

\t2\u3001Shaojiang Min<\/strong>
\t<\/span>Shaojiang Min <\/strong>(\u7ecd\u6c5f\u95fd\u8bed Shàoji\u0101ng m\u01d0ny\u01d4) or Shao-Jiang is a group of Min subvarieties spoken about Nanping in the northeast of Fujian province. They may be often categorized as dialects of Northern Min, but aren’t mutually intelligible with it.<\/p>\n

\t3\u3001Central Min<\/strong>
\t<\/span>Central Min<\/strong> (\u95fd\u4e2d M\u01d0nzh\u014dng) or Min Zhong is spoken by about 3.5 million individuals in central Fujian Province, particularly close to Yong'an<\/strong> (\u6c38\u5b89 Y\u01d2ng\u0101n) city , Sanming<\/strong> (\u5c71\u660e Sh\u0101nmíng) city and Sha County <\/strong>(\u6c99\u53bf Sh\u0101xiàn).<\/p>\n

\tCoastal varieties of Min
\t<\/span>1\u3001Soutern Min
\t<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Southern Min <\/strong>(\u95fd\u5357 M\u01d0nnán) or Min Nan varieties are spoken by about 49 million folks in the south of Fujian province, in Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. Min is an additional name for Fujian province and Nan signifies 'south' or 'southern'.<\/p>\n

\tMain varieties of Southern Min consist of:
\tQuanzhou<\/strong> (\u6cc9\u5dde Quánzh\u014du)
\tXiamen<\/strong> (\u53a6\u95e8 Xiàmén)
\t– contains Taiwanese
\tZhangzhou<\/strong> (\u6f33\u5dde Zh\u0101ngzh\u014du)
\tChaozhou<\/strong> (\u6f6e\u5dde Cháozh\u014du)
\tQuanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou varieties of Southern Min are much more or less mutually intelligible with every single other, but not with Chaozhou varieties.<\/p>\n

\t2\u3001Eastern Min
\t<\/strong><\/span>Eastern Min<\/strong> (\u95fd\u4e1c M\u01d0nd\u014dng) or Min Dong is spoken by roughly 9.1 million people mainly in east central Fujian province, notably in and around Fuzhou and Ningde, as well as in Brunei, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Malaysia (Peninsular) Singapore, Thailand.<\/p>\n

\t3\u3001Pu-Xian<\/strong>
\t<\/span>Pu-Xian<\/strong> (\u8386\u4ed9 Púxi\u0101n) or Puxian Min is spoken by about 2.6 million people generally in Putian City and Xianyou County in Fujian province, you'll also find speakers in parts of Quanzhou, Shacheng, Fuding in northern Fujian, as well as in Malaysia and Singapore. The name Pu-Xian combines the first characters of Putian and Xianyou. This assortment of Min can also generally be known as Henghua or Xinghua.<\/p>\n

\t4\u3001Qiong-Lei
\t<\/strong><\/span>There are two main subvarieties of the Qiong-Lei <\/strong>(\u743c\u96f7 Qióngléi) selection of Min: Leizhou<\/strong> (\u96f7\u5dde Léizh\u014du), which is spoken by about four million people in Leizhou city and neighbouring regions in western Guangdong province; and Hainanese, which is spoken primarily in Hainan by about 1.1 million people. The subvarieties are not mutually intelligible with other varieties of Min.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n