Minnan was the official language of which dynasty?

Minnan is the official language of the Tang Dynasty.

1, the development of Minnan dialect in Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, Minnan became the settlement of immigrants from the Central Plains. Most of these immigrants come from Henan and Shaanxi and speak the language of the Central Plains. Because these immigrants lived in southern Fujian for a long time, the Central Plains dialect they used gradually evolved into a unique language-Minnan dialect.

2. The development of Minnan language in other dynasties.

In the Song Dynasty, Minnan dialect was further developed and popularized. The Song government established the administrative division of "Fujian Road", which divided Fujian into several counties and sent a large number of officials to govern. These officials are from the Central Plains. They brought Minnan to Fujian and made it one of the official languages.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongols invaded the Central Plains and forcibly moved people from the Central Plains to the south. These immigrants also brought their language to the south, which further promoted the formation and development of Minnan dialect.

In the Ming Dynasty, Minnan gradually became one of the official languages in Fujian. The Ming government set up the Fujian Political Department, divided Fujian into several counties and sent officials to govern.

Brief introduction and phonetic features of Minnan dialect;

1, Introduction to Minnan Language.

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.

At present, they are mainly distributed in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province, northeastern Fujian, southeastern Zhejiang, Chaoshan (Jieyang, Shantou, Chaozhou and Shanwei) in Guangdong, western Guangdong (Zhanjiang, Maoming and Yangjiang), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhongshan and Hong Kong), Hainan Island and most Chinese-inhabited areas in Southeast Asia. There are more than 70 million people who use Minnan in the world.

2. Phonetic features of Minnan dialect.

The main characteristics of Minnan dialect pronunciation are: most of the ancient voiced words can be flat, and they don't exhale when pronouncing today; Read, read, etc. , sometimes retaining the sound of cracking; No light lip sounds [v] and [f]; There are rhymes [-m], [-p], [-t] and [-k]; There are seven tones, mainly the above ones, which are different from the ancient tone system.