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Eastern Min (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 Chinese Min Eastern Min (Min Dong)
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

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, 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.

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Spoken varieties

Major Subdivisions

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

Wu	Hangzhou · Ningbo · Quzhou · Shanghainese · Suzhou · Wenzhou · Wuxi

Yue	Cantonese · Gaoyang · Taishanese

Min	Min Bei · Min Dong · Min Nan · Min Zhong · Puxian · Qiong Wen · Taiwanese · Teochew

Xiang	Changsha

Hakka

Gan	Nanchang

Often accepted	Huizhou · Jin · Ping

Unclassified

Written varieties

Official

Other

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