Min_Dong

Min Dong

"Min Dong" and "Mindong" redirect here. For information about the Eastern region of Fujian Province, China, see Fuzhou and Ningde.

Eastern Min Language 閩東話
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 Chinese Min Eastern Min Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	`zh`
ISO 639-2:	`chi (B)`	`zho (T)`
ISO 639-3:	`cdo`
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Fuzhou, the center for the Eastern Min Language

Eastern Min Language (Chinese: 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, 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 the Eastern Min Language, used by Wikipedia, is cdo.

External links

Eastern Min Language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Spoken varieties

First-level

Mandarin	Northeastern · Beijing · Ji-Lu · Jiao-Liao · Zhongyuan · Dungan · Southwestern · Taiwanese · Jianghuai

Wu	Shanghainese

Cantonese	Taishanese

Min	Northern Min Language · Eastern Min Language · Southern Min Language · Central Min Language · Puxian · Qiong Wen · Taiwanese

Xiang

Hakka

Gan

Often accepted	Hui · Jin · Ping

Unclassified

Written varieties

Official

Other

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