| Min Dong | ||
|---|---|---|
| 閩東語 | ||
| Spoken in | Southern China, Vietnam, United States (chiefly California and New York) | |
| Region | eastern Fujian (Fuzhou and Ningde) | |
| Total speakers | 9.1 million | |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | zh | |
| ISO 639-2 | chi (B) | zho (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | cdo | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Eastern Min language, or Min Dong (simplified Chinese: 闽东语; traditional Chinese: 閩東語; pinyin: Mǐndōngyǔ; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄) is the language mainly spoken in the eastern part of Fujian Province in China, in and near Fuzhou and Ningde.Fuzhou is the province's capital and largest city. Fuzhou dialect is considered the standard form of the Eastern Min Language.
The ISO 639-3 abbreviation for Eastern Min, used by Wikipedia, is cdo.
There are three branches in Min Dong (閩東)
- Fuzhou dialect {福州話)
- Fu'an dialect (福安話)
- Man tongue (蠻講)
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