Min
/mɪn
/noun [mass noun]
A dialect of Chinese spoken by over 50 million people, mainly in Fujian province, Hainan, and Taiwan. It has two main forms, northern and southern.Beyond the study of Chaozhou and southern Min, the significance of the research lies in its contribution to the comparative study of Chinese dialects....
- The phylogeny above groups Chinese dialects into two: Southern dialects (Yue, Hakka, Min) and Northern. dialects (Wu, Gan, Xiang, Mandarin).
Origin
Chinese.