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- Sino-Tibetan
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- Eastern Min
ISO 639-3 · cdocdo
Sino-Tibetan family
Eastern Min
Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄
Eastern Min is a language of the Coastal Min branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Brunei, China, Malaysia and Japan and 1 more country. Wikidata counts 10.3 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “branch of the Min group of Sinitic languages of China”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cdo- Glottocode
mind1253- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 25.60, 118.70
- Wikipedia
- 48 language editions
10.3 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Eastern Min · Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Min Dong Chinese, cdo, Mindong, Min Dong, Ming-deng |
| L1 speakers | 10,300,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Chinese characters, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Eastern Min
The branches above Eastern Min, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Brunei
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 myueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialhakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousibaIbanAustronesian · 2.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationkxdBrunei MalayAustronesian3 · Wider CommunicationttgTutongAustronesian6b · Threatened