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Longyan Min

Longyan Min
NameLongyan Min
Nativename龍岩閩語
FamilycolorSino-Tibetan
StatesChina.
RegionFujian Province
Speakers740,000 (approx.)
Fam2Chinese
Fam3Min
Fam4Min Nan
Mapcaption  Longyan Min

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Longyan Min (龍岩閩語), is a variety of Min Nan Chinese spoken in the Longyan region of the southern Chinese province of Fujian. The Longyan Min people had settled in the region from southern part of Fujian Province as early as the Tang dynasty period (618 � 907). Longyan Min has in the past been influenced by the Hakka language due to large numbers of Hakka migrants into the region. As a result, it has limited intelligibility with other Min Nan dialects, such as Teochew and HokkienTaiwanese. Today, Longyan Min is predominantly spoken in Longyan's Xinluo District and Zhangping City . Longyan Hakka on the other hand is spoken in Changting County, Yongding County, and Shanghang County.

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Southern Min languages

Hokkien (Min - Tai Division)Amoy Min * Quanzhou dialect * Zhangzhou dialect * Taiwanese Minnan * Singaporean Hokkien * Lan-nang Hokkien * Penang Hokkien * Muar Hokkien * Medan Hokkien
Teochew (Chaoshan Division)Chaozhou Min * Shantou dialect * Chaoyang dialect * Puning dialect * Huilai dialect * Hailufeng dialect * Bangkok Teochew
Qiongwen DivisionHainanese Min
Leizhou Min DivisionLeizhou Min * Zhanjiang dialect
Zhenan Min DivisionZhenan Min * Longhai dialect * Zhangpu dialect * Anxi dialect * Hui'an dialect * Tong'an dialect

Chinese language(s)

Spoken varieties
Major
subdivisions
MandarinNortheastern * Jilu * Jiao-Liao * Zhongyuan * Southwestern * Lanyin * Jianghuai * Beijing * Dungan * Xuzhou * Luoyang * Jinan * Karamay * Nanking * Sichuanese * Kunming * Shenyang * Harbin * Qingdao * Guanzhong * Dalian * Weihai * Taiwanese Mandarin * Singaporean Mandarin
WuTaihu * Chuqu * Shanghainese * Suzhou * Huzhou * Hangzhou * Ningbo * Changzhou * Wenzhou * Wuxi * Taizhou * Quzhou * Jiangyin * Qihai * Jiangshan * Qingtian * Jinxiang
YueCantonese * Gaoyang * Siyi * Goulou * Wuhua * Yongxun * Luoguang * Qinlian * Guanbao * Haihua * Tanka * Taishan
MinMin Bei * Min Dong * Min Nan * Min Zhong * Puxian * Qiong Wen * Taiwanese Minnan * Teochew * Jian'ou * Hokkien * Haifeng * Zhenan * Longyan * Fuzhou * Zhanjiang * Leizhou * Nanlang * Zhongshan * Sanxiang * Zhangzhou * Quanzhou * Amoy * Shantou * Manjiang * Singaporean Hokkien
XiangChangsha * Shuangfeng
HakkaDapeng * Yuantang
Gan Chang Jing * Ying Yi * Yi Liu * Da Tong
DisputedHuizhou * Jin * Pinghua * Hohhot * Danzhou
Unclassified
Xianghua * Yuebei Tuhua * Linghua
Ausbausprachen
Standard Mandarin * Standard Cantonese * Taiwanese
Phonology
Historical * Cantonese * Mandarin
History
Old Chinese * Middle Chinese * Proto-Min * Proto-Gan * Proto-Mandarin * Han'er | |
Written varieties
Written varieties
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Classical * Vernacular
Other
Vernacular Cantonese * Vernacular Donggan * Vernacular Minnan |



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