<mapframe text="Min dialect islands in Zhongshan: (1) Longdu, (2) Nanlang, (3) Sanxiang" latitude="22.5" longitude="113.65" zoom="8" width="300" height="300" align="right"> { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [113.2973, 22.47] }, "properties": { "title": "Longdu", "marker-symbol": "1", "marker-size": "small", "marker-color": "00f" } }, { "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [113.5253, 22.5] }, "properties": { "title": "Nanlang", "marker-symbol": "2", "marker-size": "small", "marker-color": "070" } }, { "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [113.4276, 22.35635] }, "properties": { "title": "Sanxiang", "marker-symbol": "3", "marker-size": "small", "marker-color": "c00" } } ] } **Zhongshan Min**, known as **Cunhua** by its speakers, are three [Min Chinese](https://bliptext.com/articles/min-chinese) dialect islands in the [Zhongshan region](https://bliptext.com/articles/zhongshan) of the southern [Chinese](https://bliptext.com/articles/china) province of [Guangdong](https://bliptext.com/articles/guangdong). The Zhongshan Min people settled in the region from [Fujian Province](https://bliptext.com/articles/fujian-province) as early as the [Northern Song dynasty](https://bliptext.com/articles/northern-song-dynasty) period (1023–1031). The three dialects are: According to [Nicholas Bodman](https://bliptext.com/articles/nicholas-bodman), the Longdu and Nanlang dialects belong to the [Eastern Min](https://bliptext.com/articles/eastern-min) group, while the Sanxiang dialect belongs to [Southern Min](https://bliptext.com/articles/southern-min). All three have been heavily influenced by the [Shiqi dialect](https://bliptext.com/articles/shiqi-dialect), the local variety of [Yue Chinese](https://bliptext.com/articles/yue-chinese). As the dialect with the most speakers, the Longdu dialect may be taken as the representative dialect of Zhongshan Min.

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