Hainanese language

E228713

Chinese language variety Sinitic language Southern Min language spoken language

The Hainanese language is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily on China’s Hainan Island, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to other Sinitic languages.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hainanese	6
Hainanese Chinese	2
Hainanese (Min Chinese)	1
Hainanese Min	1
Hainanese language canonical	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety ⓘ Sinitic language ⓘ Southern Min language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ
endangeredStatus	under pressure from Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Hainan Min ⓘ Hainan dialect ⓘ Hainanese language ⓘ surface form: Hainanese Min Qiongwen ⓘ Qiongzhou dialect ⓘ
hasDialect	Haikou Hainanese ⓘ Lingao-area Hainanese ⓘ Qionghai Hainanese ⓘ Wanning ⓘ surface form: Wanning Hainanese Qiongzhou dialect ⓘ surface form: Wenchang Hainanese
hasDistinctFeature	complex tone sandhi system ⓘ distinct phonology compared to other Southern Min varieties ⓘ distinct vocabulary compared to other Sinitic languages ⓘ preservation of certain final consonants ⓘ significant divergence from Mandarin Chinese ⓘ significant divergence from standard Southern Min (Hokkien–Taiwanese) ⓘ
hasStatus	regional language in Hainan Province ⓘ
influencedBy	Cantonese ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ other Southern Min varieties ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Cantonese ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ surface form: Standard Southern Min (Hokkien–Taiwanese)
languageBranch	Sinitic ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ surface form: Sino-Tibetan
languageGroup	Min ⓘ
languageSubgroup	Southern Min ⓘ
primaryCity	Haikou ⓘ Wenchang ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Hainan ⓘ surface form: Hainan Island
spokenIn	Hainan ⓘ surface form: Hainan Island Hainan ⓘ surface form: Hainan Province Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Singapore ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
subclassOf	Coastal Min ⓘ Min Chinese ⓘ Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
usedBy	Hainan Li ⓘ surface form: Hainanese people
usedIn	daily communication ⓘ folk songs ⓘ local culture ⓘ local opera ⓘ
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ Latin-based romanization systems ⓘ