Taiwanese Hokkien

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Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Sinitic language
Southern Min language
alternativeName Taiwanese
Taiwanese Hoklo
Taiwanese Holo
Taiwanese Hokkien
surface form: Taiwanese Minnan

Taiwanese Hokkien
surface form: Taiwanese Southern Min
associatedEthnicGroup Hoklo people
Hoklo people
surface form: Taiwanese people
closelyRelatedTo Amoy Hokkien
Quanzhou dialect
Zhangzhou dialect
culturalRole heritage language of Hoklo people in Taiwan
marker of Taiwanese identity
differsFrom Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
glottocode taia1237
hasDialect Kaohsiung subvariety
Tainan subvariety
Taipei subvariety
Yilan subvariety
hasISOCode nan
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Classical Chinese
Dutch
English
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
hasMedia Taiwanese Hokkien TV channels
Taiwanese Hokkien radio stations
hasMorphologicalFeature analytic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
distinction between literary and colloquial readings
tone language
tone sandhi
hasSyntacticFeature SVO basic word order
sentence-final particles
topic-prominent structure
historicalOrigin Southern Fujian dialects
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
majorityLanguageIn southern Taiwan
majorVernacularIn Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
migrationHistory brought to Taiwan by settlers from Fujian during Ming and Qing dynasties
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
numberOfSpeakersEstimate 15000000
officialStatus recognized as a national language in Taiwan
regulatedBy Ministry of Education of the ROC
surface form: Ministry of Education of Taiwan
romanizationSystem Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Tailo
spokenIn Fujian
surface form: Fujian Province

Japan Taiwanese communities
Kinmen
Matsu Islands
Penghu Islands
Southeast Asian Chinese communities
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

United States Taiwanese communities
subfamily Chinese languages
Southern Min
usedFor daily communication in Taiwan
folk literature
popular music in Taiwan
radio broadcasting in Taiwan
religious practices in Taiwan
television dramas in Taiwan
traditional opera
usedInEducation local language education in Taiwan schools
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lai Ching-te languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Chiang Hsiao-wen languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Yen Chia-kan ethnicGroup Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hoklo Taiwanese
Yen Chia-kan languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Southern Min hasVariety Taiwanese Hokkien
Southern Min hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hokkien-Taiwanese
Jibei Island hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Qimei Island languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Chang Chen languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Pe̍h-ōe-jī languageWritten Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Romanization System language Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Romanization System targetLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Taiwanese Southern Min
Quanzhou dialect historicallyInfluenced Taiwanese Hokkien
Singapore Hokkien typologicallySimilarTo Taiwanese Hokkien
Hainanese language isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Standard Southern Min (Hokkien–Taiwanese)
Minnan language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
Minnan language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Taiwanese Minnan
Minnan language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Southern Min Nan
Taiwanese opera usesLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Hoklo people hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Zhangzhou dialect influenced Taiwanese Hokkien
Philippine Hokkien closelyRelatedTo Taiwanese Hokkien
Kavalan hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Taiwanese Hokkien
Penang Hokkien differsFrom Taiwanese Hokkien
Xiamen dialect influenced Taiwanese Hokkien
Hoklo language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
Hoklo language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Taiwanese Minnan
Hoklo language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien
this entity surface form: Taiwanese language
Peng Ming-min languageOfWorkOrName Taiwanese Hokkien
Chang Yung-fa languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Anping District languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
East District, Tainan hasCommonLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Annan District languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Yongkang District languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
West Central District, Tainan languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
North District, Tainan hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Terry Gou languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Tucheng District, New Taipei, Taiwan languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
subject surface form: Tucheng District
Songshan District localLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Minquan Bridge hasLanguageOfSurroundingArea Taiwanese Hokkien
Shilin District hasLocalLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Chengmei Bridge hasLanguageEnvironment Taiwanese Hokkien
Tamsui District languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Chiayi City, Taiwan languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
subject surface form: Chiayi City
Guiren District hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Momofuku Ando languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Wu Den-yih languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien