Min Bei
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Min Bei (Simplified Chinese: 闽北; Traditional Chinese: 閩北; pinyin: Mǐnběi) is a subcategory of Min, which is a Chinese language. It is spoken around Jian'ou in Fujian. Most speakers of Min Bei live in Fujian, albeit a minority live in Zhejiang. Some linguists include major parts of Min with Min Bei to have it as one of two subcategories of Min. In this classification the other major subcategory of Min is Min Nan.
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| Categories: |
Gan | Hakka | Hui | Jin | Mandarin | Min | Ping | Xiang | Wu | Cantonese | |||
| Subcategories of Min: | Min Bei | Min Dong | Min Nan | Min Zhong | Puxian | Qiongwen | Shaojiang | |||
| Subcategories of Mandarin: | Northeastern | Beijing | Ji-Lu | Jiao-Liao | Zhongyuan | Lan-Yin | Southwestern | Jianghuai | Dungan | |||
| Note: The above is only one classification scheme among many. The categories in italics are not universally acknowledged to be independent categories. | ||||
| Comprehensive list of Chinese dialects | ||||
| Official spoken varieties: | Standard Mandarin | Standard Cantonese | |||
| Historical phonology: | Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Proto-Min | Proto-Mandarin | Haner | |||
| Chinese: written varieties | ||||
| Official written varieties: | Classical Chinese | Vernacular Chinese | |||
| Other varieties: | Written Vernacular Cantonese | |||
