Northern Min

Northern Min
Northern Min
Min Bei
Mâing-bă̤-ngṳ̌/閩北語
Native to	China
Region	Nanping (northwest Fujian)
Native speakers	2.5 million (2004)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Min Inland Min Northern Min; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Proto-Min ; ;
Dialects	Jian'ou; Jianyang; Chong'an; Songxi; Zhenghe;
Writing system	Kienning Colloquial Romanized (Jian'ou dialect)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mnp
Glottolog	minb1236
Linguasphere	79-AAA-ha
	Northern Min
	Counties of Nanping prefecture, Fujian

Northern Min (simplified Chinese: 闽北; traditional Chinese: 閩北; pinyin: Mǐnběi) is a group of mutually intelligible Min varieties spoken in Nanping prefecture of northwestern Fujian.

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