Eastern Min Language

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This article is about Eastern Min Language, a kind of Chinese dialect. "Min Dong" also refers to the eastern area of Fujian Province, China, where Fuzhou and Ningde are located.
Eastern Min Language
閩東話
Spoken in: Southern China, Vietnam, United States (chiefly California and New York
Region: eastern Fujian (Fuzhou and Ningde)
Total speakers: 9.1 million
Language family: Sino-Tibetan
 Chinese
  Min
   Eastern Min Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1: zh
ISO 639-2: chi (B)  zho (T)
ISO 639-3: cdo
Fuzhou, the center for the Eastern Min Language
Fuzhou, the center for the Eastern Min Language

Eastern Min Language (Chinese: Min Dong, simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: 閩東語; pinyin: Mǐndōngyǔ; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄) is the language mainly spoken in the eastern part of Fujian Province in China, in and near Fuzhou and Ningde, the province's capital and largest city. Fuzhou dialect is considered the standard form of the Eastern Min Language.

The ISO 639-3 abbreviation for the Eastern Min Language, used by Wikipedia, is cdo.

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