Min Bei

The Northern Min language, or Min Bei (simplified Chinese: 闽北; traditional Chinese: 閩北; pinyin: Mǐnběi) 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 Language 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].

[edit] See also

• Jian'ou dialect

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Zev Handel (2003). "Northern Min Tone Values and the Reconstruction of Softened Initials" (^{[dead link]}). Language and Linguistics 4.1: 47–84, http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/publish/LL4.1-03-Handel-paper.pdf. Retrieved on 25 April 2007. 

• Branner, David Prager (2000). Problems in Comparative Chinese Dialectology — the Classification of Miin and Hakka, Trends in Linguistics series, no. 123. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 31-101-5831-0.