Fujian language, or Fujian Dialect, also known as Min Chinese, is the dialect originated and mainly used in Fujian Province of China. Because Fujian is also known as Min for short. Some people in adjacent provinces and overseas Fujian people speak Fujian language as well. Fujian language can be divided in five subdialects according to its spoken regions of Northern Fujian, Southern Fujian, Eastern Fujian, Central Fujian and Pu-Xi'an area, among which Southern Fujian dialect, Min Nan Hua in Chinese is the most influential in Chinese communities abroad. Nowadays, the number of native speakers of Southern Fujian dialect is over 95 million.

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History of Fujian Language
The origins of Fujian language can be dated back to Xia Dynasty (21st - 17th century BC), as it is developed from the language used at that time. In late Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC), the Yue State was destroyed, and the Yue people who were the descendants of Xia escaped to Fujian. The language and the local primitive language fused gradually to form the rudiment of Fujian language.
After the establishment of Qin Dynasty (221 - 207 BC), the Min Chinese developed with the unity of words. Up to the time of Five Dynasties and Ten States (907 - 960 AD), Fuzhou language became the official language because the Min State (909 – 945 AD) built the capital in Fuzhou. In Ming (1368 - 1644 AD) and Qing (1644 - 1911 AD) Dynasties, Min Chinese had been a dialect with a complete and independent writing system and a complete phonetic system in Chinese characters. Later it spread abroad with overseas immigrants.

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Who speak Fujian Language?
Fujian language is spoken by people mainly in Fujian, Taiwan, southern Zhejiang, eastern Guangdong, part of Hainan, some Chinese communities abroad. In addition, in several counties in northeast of Jiangxi, and a few places in Jiangsu and central and southern Guangxi, some people speak Min Chinese as well. In Taiwan, the people speaking Min Chinese accounts for more than the three-quarters of Taiwan's whole population. In some countries in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, etc., Fujian language is one of the main languages to communicate in Chinese communities.
 

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Dairy Expressions of Fujian Language

 

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