Min Bei

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Min Bei 闽北语
Spoken in:	Southern China, United States (mostly California)
Region:	central & southern Fujian; Nanping and USA (California)
Total speakers:	10.3 million
Language family:	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Min Bei
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	`zh`
ISO 639-2:	`chi (B)`	`zho (T)`
ISO 639-3:	`zh-stp`
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Min Bei (simplified Chinese: 闽北; traditional Chinese: 閩北; pinyin: Mǐnběi) or Northern Min is a collection of mutually intelligible dialects of Min spoken in Nanping in northwestern Fujian. The Chinese languages in Fujian are traditionally divided into northern Min and southern Min or Min Nan. However, Min dialectologists divide Min more finely into eastern Min, Puxian, southern Min, central Min and northern Min^[1]. By the narrow definition, northern Min is represented by the dialects of Shibei (in Pucheng County), Chong'an (in Wuyishan City), Xingtian (in Wuyishan City), Wufu (in Wuyishan City), Zhenghe (in Zhenghe County), Zhengqian (in Zhenghe County), Jianyang and Jian'ou^[1].

^ ^a ^b Zev Handel (2003). "Northern Min Tone Values and the Reconstruction of Softened Initials". Language and Linguistics 4.1: 47-84. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.

Chinese: spoken varieties

Generally accepted first-level categories:

Mandarin | Wu | Cantonese | Min | Hakka | Xiang | Gan |

Often accepted first-level categories:

Jin | Hui | Ping

Unclassified:

Danzhouhua | Shaozhou Tuhua

Subcategories of Mandarin:

Northeastern | Beijing | Ji-Lu | Jiao-Liao | Zhongyuan | Lan-Yin | Southwestern | Taiwanese | Jianghuai | Dungan

Subcategories of Min:

Min Bei | Min Dong | Min Nan | Min Zhong | Puxian | Qiong Wen | Shaojiang

Comprehensive list of Chinese dialects | Identification of the varieties of Chinese

Historical phonology:

Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Proto-Min | Proto-Mandarin | Haner

Written varieties

Official written varieties:

Classical Chinese | Vernacular Chinese

Other varieties:

Written Vernacular Cantonese

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