Eastern Min

Also known as Min Dong Chinese, cdo, Mindong, Min Dong, Ming-deng, Ming-deng language

branch of the Min group of Sinitic languages of China

Key facts

Region: Southeast China , Japan , United States , Taiwan
Native speakers: 11 million (2022)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Coastal Min Eastern Min
Early forms: Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Proto-Min
Varieties: Funing: Fu'an , Ningde Houguan: Fuqing , Fuzhou , Matsu Manjiang Zhongshan
Writing system: Chinese characters and Foochow Romanized
Official language in: Matsu Islands , Taiwan
Recognised minority language in: statutory language for public transport in the Matsu Islands
Iso 639 3: cdo
Glottolog: mind1253

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native label: 閩東話
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 10300000
Wikimedia language code: cdo
Commons category: Eastern Min language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CDO
Wikimedia Incubator URL: incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wn/cdo
female form of label: la langue mindong

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Eastern Min or Min Dong (traditional Chinese: 閩東語; simplified Chinese: 闽东语; pinyin: Mǐndōngyǔ, Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄) is a branch of the Min group of the Chinese languages of China. The prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect, the speech of the capital of Fujian.

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