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Originally Posted by DrSatanDracula
Nr9:
I was refering to specific sources.
I'd like to read up on this.
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i cant really find english sources, but this is one of them
http://www.tailingua.com/news/category/southern-min/
据香港大公报报 道，闽南话历史悠久，文化底蕴深厚，是东南部最早的汉语方言之一，被称为“古汉语活化 石”，广泛的分布在闽南、台湾、潮汕、海南等地区。
According to Hong Kong’s Ta Kung Pao newspaper Southern Min has a long established history, bringing together a profound culture and South-Eastern China’s oldest Chinese topolect, which has been dubbed a “living fossil of Ancient Chinese” and is spoken in Southern Fujian, Taiwan, Chaoshan and Hainan, amongst other places.
also: min culture dating back fromthe han dynasty as royal palace music:
http://www.sino-w.org/node/281/