Datian Min

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Datian Min
大田闽语 / 大田话
Native toSouthern
China
RegionDatian County, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian
Native speakers
250,000 (2012)[1]
Early forms
Peh-oe-ji
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologdati1239
Linguasphere79-AAA-ja
  Datian Min

Datian Min (

Puxian Min
.

Datian Min developed from

Dehua, Yong'an and Zhangping. Hokkien was spoken in Dehua and Zhangping, while Yong'an and Youxi spoke Central Min and Eastern Min respectively. Datian County was set up and affiliated to Yanping Fu (延平府, modern Nanping) which spoke Northern Min in 1535. Language contact occurred in the later days. The county changed affiliate to Yongchun Zhou (永春州, modern Yongchun County, spoke Hokkien dialect) in 1734, then to Yong'an Division (永安专区, modern Sanming Prefecture
, spoke Central Min) in 1949. The administrative here changed so frequently that the differences between Datian Min and Hokkien dialect became more and more obvious.

Datian Min has little intelligibility with other varieties of Southern Min, and is sometimes classified as a separate branch of Min. Some Chinese scholars call it Min dialects transition area (闽方言过渡区).

Notes

  1. ^ Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ISBN 978-7-100-07054-6
    .
  2. JSTOR 2718766
  3. ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8
  4. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived
    from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.


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