Min Bei

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Min Bei (Simplified Chinese: 闽北; Traditional Chinese: 閩北; pinyin: Mǐnběi) is a subcategory of Min, which is a Chinese language. It is spoken around Jian'ou in Fujian. Most speakers of Min Bei live in Fujian, albeit a minority live in Zhejiang. Some linguists include major parts of Min with Min Bei to have it as one of two subcategories of Min. In this classification the other major subcategory of Min is Min Nan.

[edit] Chinese: spoken varieties
Traditional categories:	Mandarin | Wu | Cantonese | Min | Hakka | Xiang | Gan
Other:	Jin | Hui | Ping
Unclassified:	Danzhouhua | Shaozhou Tuhua
Note: The above is only one classification scheme among many. The categories in italics are not universally acknowledged to be independent categories.
Subcategories of Mandarin:	Northeastern | Beijing | Ji-Lu | Jiao-Liao | Zhongyuan | Lan-Yin | Southwestern | Jianghuai | Dungan
Subcategories of Min:	Min Bei | Min Nan
	Min Dong | Min Zhong | Hainanese | Puxian | | Shaojiang
Comprehensive list of Chinese dialects
Official spoken varieties:	Standard Mandarin | Standard Cantonese
Historical phonology:	Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Proto-Min | Proto-Mandarin | Haner
Chinese: written varieties
Official written varieties:	Classical Chinese | Vernacular Chinese
Other varieties:	Written Vernacular Cantonese