Southern Min

E209343
Chinese language variety Sinitic language language branch

Southern Min is a major branch of the Sinitic language family spoken primarily in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities, encompassing varieties such as Hokkien, Taiwanese, and Teochew.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Southern Min canonical 36

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ
language branch ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Eastern Min ⓘ
Puxian Min ⓘ
derivedFrom Old Chinese ⓘ
glottocode minn1241 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Hokkien-Taiwanese

Teochew ⓘ
surface form: Min Nan

Minnan ⓘ
Southern Fujian dialects ⓘ
hasCulturalRole language of Hokkien people ⓘ
language of Teochew people ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones ⓘ
preservation of entering tones ⓘ
rich vowel inventory ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
tone sandhi ⓘ
hasRomanization POJ ⓘ
Peng'im ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī ⓘ
Tai-lo ⓘ
hasVariety Xiamen dialect ⓘ
surface form: Amoy dialect

Hainanese language ⓘ
surface form: Hainanese

Hokkien ⓘ
Penang Hokkien ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien ⓘ
Quanzhou dialect ⓘ
Singapore Hokkien ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
Teochew ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin-based romanization ⓘ
ISO639_3Code nan ⓘ
languageBranch Min Chinese ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
partOf Chinese language ⓘ
surface form: Sinitic languages

Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan language family
spokenIn Fujian ⓘ
surface form: Fujian Province

Guangdong Province ⓘ
Hainan ⓘ
surface form: Hainan Province

Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Zhejiang Province ⓘ
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
subclassOf Min Chinese ⓘ
usedIn Chinese folk opera ⓘ
Taiwanese popular music ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Teochew → subgroupOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty → usedLanguage → Southern Min ⓘ
Quanzhou → language → Southern Min ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien → subfamily → Southern Min ⓘ
Teo-Swa → subgroupOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Teo-Swa → languageBranch → Southern Min ⓘ
Chiuchow → partOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Chiuchow → dialectOf → Southern Min ⓘ
nan → hasLanguageSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Teochew opera → languageFamily → Southern Min ⓘ
Teochew people → languageFamily → Southern Min ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī → languageWritten → Southern Min ⓘ
Taiwanese Romanization System → targetLanguageFamily → Southern Min ⓘ
Quanzhou dialect → languageGroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Quanzhou dialect → isMajorVarietyOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Singapore Hokkien → languageGroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Medan Hokkien → hasSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Hainanese language → languageSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Minnan language → subclassOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Minnan language → languageSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Hoklo people → hasLanguage → Southern Min ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect → languageGroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien → subclassOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien → hasLanguageSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Chaoshan region → languageFamily → Southern Min ⓘ
Chaoshan dialect → subgroupOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Chaoshan Min → subclassOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Chaoshan Min → languageGroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Xiamen dialect → subclassOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Xiamen dialect → languageSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Hoklo language → subclassOf → Southern Min ⓘ
Hoklo language → languageSubgroup → Southern Min ⓘ
Chaozhou → languageFamily → Southern Min ⓘ
Teoh → associatedWithDialect → Southern Min ⓘ
Tiu → associatedWithDialect → Southern Min ⓘ
Hokkien → subgroupOf → Southern Min ⓘ