What is the representative dialect in Min dialect area?

The representative dialects in Fujian dialect area are northern Fujian dialect, southern Fujian dialect and eastern Fujian dialect.

1, northern Fujian dialect.

Jian 'ou dialect is represented in Jian 'ou, Jianyang, Songxi, Nanping, Shunchang, Zhenghe and Wuyishan. Jian 'ou is the political and cultural center of Jian 'an County, Jianzhou and Jianning Prefecture in ancient times, and the northern Fujian dialect is common. It is developed from ancient Chinese and retains many phonetic features and features of ancient Chinese.

2. Minnan dialect.

It is said that Minnan dialect originated in the Yellow River and Luoshui Valley, moved to southern Fujian in the Western Jin, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties, and originated in Quanzhou, Fujian. Now it is mainly distributed in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province, but also widely distributed in northeastern Fujian, southeastern Zhejiang and most Chinese communities in eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong, Hainan Island and Southeast Asia. There are more than 70 million people who use Minnan in the world.

3. Mindong dialect.

Mindong language belongs to a branch of Sino-Tibetan language family, which retains many characteristics of ancient Chinese, but there are also many remnants of ancient Chinese. 1963, Mindong dialect is regarded as a branch of Min dialect in linguistic classification. Due to geographical and historical reasons, Fujian Oriental Dialect is divided into three sub-dialects according to the differences in pronunciation and vocabulary, and the communication between them is difficult. Mindong dialect is officially defined as a Chinese dialect in Chinese mainland.