Fuzhou dialect

Eastern Min Chinese language This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (January 2015) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Fuzhou dialect" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Fuzhounese福州話 / Hók-ciŭ-uâ 福州語 / Hók-ciŭ-ngṳ̄ 平話 / Bàng-uâPronunciation[huʔ˨˩ tsiu˥˧ ua˨˦˨]Native toChina (Fuzhou and its surrounding counties) and Taiwan (Matsu Islands)EthnicityFuzhouNative speakers(10 million cited 1994)Language familySino-Tibetan SiniticChineseMinCoastal MinEastern MinHouguanFuzhouneseEarly formsProto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese Eastern Han Chinese[citation needed] Proto-Min Dialects Matsu Writing systemChinese characters a