Zhenan Min

Zhenan Min
浙南閩語
Native to	China
Region	Zhejiang Province
Native speakers	570,000 (date missing)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Min Southern Min Hokkien Zhenan Min
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	zhen1239
Zhenan Min

Zhenan Min (Chinese: 浙南閩語; pinyin: Zhènán Mǐn Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiat-lâm-bân-gí), is a variety of Min Nan Chinese spoken in the Wenzhou region of the southern Chinese province of Zhejiang.

The Zhenan Min people had settled in areas such as Cangnan County, Pingyang County, Yuhuan County and Dongtou County from Fujian Province as early as the Tang dynasty period (618–907) and new waves of immigrants continued during the Southern Song dynasty, Ming Dynasty and the Qing dynasty periods.

Zhenan Min has in the past been influenced by Eastern Min and the Northern Min, due to its close geographical proximity with those areas. It has limited intelligilbity with other Min Nan dialects, such as Teochew and Hokkien–Taiwanese. Zhenan Min, in proximity to Wenzhou dialect and Jinxiang dialect, has also borrowed some influences from Wu Chinese, such as voiced initials (z) and noun suffixes unique to Wu Chinese (such as 头).

Notes and references

• ^ Zhenan Min (Chinese)

See also

• Varieties of Chinese

External links

• Zhenan Min entry in Baidu Baike (Chinese)