Min dialect has considerable influence in other countries, and its influence in overseas Chinese is second only to Cantonese. Today, there are more than 75 million people who speak various Min languages, more than those who use Cantonese.
Fujian dialect can be divided into five first-class Chinese dialects: northern Fujian dialect, southern Fujian dialect, eastern Fujian dialect, central Fujian dialect and Puxian dialect. It is recognized by international academic circles that they are five languages belonging to the Chinese family.
Fujian Oriental Dialect is mainly distributed in Fuzhou and Ningde. Fujian Oriental Dialect is roughly divided into two parts: North and South. The south is the lower reaches of Minjiang River, represented by Fuzhou Sound. The northern part is the Jiaoxi River basin, and the Fuan sound is more representative. I asked my colleagues about Ningde dialect today. Fuan, Xiapu and other counties are different. Welcome to add. )
After the middle Tang Dynasty, Minnan dialect was distributed in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and the northern accent of Minnan dialect was represented by Quanzhou Fucheng accent. The southern accent of Minnan dialect is represented by the Xiangcheng accent of Zhangzhou, and Longyan dialect in the western accent retains the most complete ancient vocabulary of Minnan dialect. Xiamen, a rising city, has become a representative dialect in the whole region, combining the characteristics of northern and southern films (full and Zhang accents). In a word, Minnan dialect has a far-reaching influence, becoming not only the hometown dialect of Taiwan Province Province, but also the representative of Minnan dialect in China.
Puxian dialect in central Fujian is distributed in Putian City, Xianyou County of Putian City and the north and east of Quangang. Xincuo Township, originally belonging to Putian County, was transferred from Putian County to the west of Fuqing and Yuxi Town in 1956. Originally belonging to Putian County, called Su Tianli, and to the west of Dongzhang Township, originally belonging to Putian County, called Kariri. It is said that Fujian people generally find Putian dialect the most difficult to understand and learn. what do you think?
Northern Fujian dialect was mainly distributed in Jianzhou, namely Jian 'ou, in the Tang Dynasty. It is distributed in most areas of Nanping except Shaowu City and Guangze, represented by Jian 'ou sound in the old city. Northern Fujian dialect is divided into eastern and western dialects. The eastern film is represented by Jian 'ou Audio, and the western film is represented by Jianyang Audio.
The Min-Gan dialect area belongs to the Futunxi River Basin and the upper reaches of Jianxi River, represented by Shaowu City, Guangze, Jianning, Taining and Jiangle. Its affiliated transition area (Jiangle and other counties) was originally Nanjian Prefecture, and then Yanping Prefecture (now Yong 'an, Shaxian County, Sanming and Youxi, 1970 included Sanming), which belongs to jianxi Valley.
Yong 'an dialect area is distributed in Yong 'an, Shaxian, Sanming and Youxi, and Shaxi runs through it. Yong 'an and Shaxian are representatives of two different accents.
In fact, after writing so much, I still feel that there are many dialects missing. Where is everyone's hometown? What do you say?