Chinese, Min Bei

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
mnp
Alternate Names
Min Pei, Northern Min
Population

11,000,000 in China (2017). Total users in all countries: 11,015,200.

Location

Fujian province: 7 counties around Jian’ou; some in Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces.

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Language Status

5 (Developing). Language of recognized nationality: Han.

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
Dialects

None known. The Chinese now divide Chinese Min into 5 major varieties: Min Nan [nan], Min Bei [mnp], Min Dong [cdo], Min Zhong [czo], and Pu-Xian [cpx]. Others say there are at least 9 varieties which are inherently mutually unintelligible. A member of macrolanguage Chinese [zho].

Typology

Tonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 91% (2000 census, Han nationality). Highly literate in Chinese and they use that literature. NT: 1934.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chinese, Min Bei
Writing

Latin script [Latn], from 1896 to some time after last publication in 1922.

Other Comments

Buddhist, Christian, Daoist.

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