Eastern Min

Eastern Min
Eastern Min
Min Dong (閩東語); Foochowese (福州話);
平話
Region	Southeast China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, United States
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 ; ;
Dialects	Funing: Fu'an, Ningde; Houguan: Fuqing, Fuzhou, Matsu; Manjiang; Zhongshan;
Writing system	Chinese characters and Foochow Romanized
Official status
Official language in	Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Recognised minority; language in	statutory language for public transport in the Matsu Islands
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cdo
Glottolog	mind1253
	Eastern Min

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.^[8]

^ Eastern Min at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, JSTOR 2718766
^ Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-774-80192-8
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
^ 本土語言納中小學必修潘文忠：將按語發法實施 (in Chinese)
^ "國家語言發展法第二條".
^ 大眾運輸工具播音語言平等保障法
^ Li Rulong (李如龙) (1994). 福州方言词典 (in Chinese) (Rev. 1st ed.). Fuzhou: Fujian People's Press. p. 1. ISBN 7211023546.

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[e27-1] Eastern Min at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[2] Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, JSTOR 2718766

[3] Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1984), Middle Chinese: A study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-0-774-80192-8

[glottoMin-4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Min". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.

[6] 本土語言納中小學必修潘文忠：將按語發法實施 (in Chinese)

[7] "國家語言發展法第二條".

[8] 大眾運輸工具播音語言平等保障法

[9] Li Rulong (李如龙) (1994). 福州方言词典 (in Chinese) (Rev. 1st ed.). Fuzhou: Fujian People's Press. p. 1. ISBN 7211023546.

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Eastern Min
Min Dong (閩東語) Foochowese (福州話)
平話
Region	Southeast China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, United States
Native speakers	11 million (2022)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Coastal Min Eastern Min
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese^[a] Proto-Min
Dialects	Funing: Fu'an, Ningde Houguan: Fuqing, Fuzhou, Matsu Manjiang Zhongshan
Writing system	Chinese characters and Foochow Romanized
Official status
Official language in	Matsu Islands, Taiwan^[5]^[6]
Recognised minority language in	statutory language for public transport in the Matsu Islands^[7]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cdo`
Glottolog	`mind1253`
Eastern Min