Zhongshan Min (simplified Chinese: 中山闽语; traditional Chinese: 中山閩語), known as Cunhua (村话; 村話) by its speakers,[5] are three Min Chinese dialect islands in the Zhongshan region of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.
The Zhongshan Min people settled in the region from Fujian Province as early as the Northern Song dynasty period (1023–1031).
[5] The three dialects are:[1][5] According to Nicholas Bodman, the Longdu and Nanlang dialects belong to the Eastern Min group, while the Sanxiang dialect belongs to Southern Min.
[6][7] All three have been heavily influenced by the Shiqi dialect, the local variety of Yue Chinese.
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