Eastern Min

Eastern Min
Eastern Min
Min Dong (閩東語); Foochowese (福州話)
平話
Pronunciation	"Bàng-uâ" in different dialects [paŋ˨˩ŋuɑ˨˦˨] (Fuzhou); [paŋ˥ŋuɑ˦˨] (Fuqing); [paŋ˥˦˦ŋua˧˨˦] (Gutian); [paŋ˧˩ŋuɑ˩˧˩] (Matsu); [paŋ˨ɰo˧˧˨] (Ningde); [paŋ˨ɰo˨˧] (Fu'an); [paŋ˨ŋua˨˩˨] (Xiapu); [paŋ˨˩ŋua˨˩˧] (Zherong)
Native to	Southeast China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, United States (chiefly New York City)
Region	Eastern Fujian (Fuzhou and Ningde), Matsu; parts of Taishun and Cangnan, Wenzhou, Zhejiang
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 ; ;
Dialects	Funing: Fu'an, Ningde; Houguan: Fuqing, Fuzhou (including Lianjiang), Matsu; Manjiang; Zhongshan: Longdu, Nanlang;
Writing system	Chinese characters and Foochow Romanized
Official status
Official language in	Matsu Islands, Taiwan (as local language)
Recognised minority; language in	one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cdo
Glottolog	mind1253
	Eastern Min

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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