Hoklo language

E235328
Chinese topolect Sinitic language Southern Min variety

Hoklo language is a Sinitic language variety of Southern Min widely spoken in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hoklo 2
Hoklo language canonical 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese topolect ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ
Southern Min variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Teochew language ⓘ
developedFrom Middle Chinese ⓘ
Old Chinese ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Fujianese ⓘ
Hokkien ⓘ
Hoklo language ⓘ
surface form: Hoklo

Minnan language ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Taiwanese Minnan

Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Taiwanese language
hasDialect Penang Hokkien ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien ⓘ
Quanzhou dialect ⓘ
Singapore Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Singaporean Hokkien

Taiwanese dialect ⓘ
Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ
hasFeature extensive use of literary and colloquial strata in vocabulary ⓘ
preservation of many Middle Chinese phonological distinctions ⓘ
rich system of tone sandhi ⓘ
hasGlottocode minn1241 ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin Minyue region of ancient China ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code nan ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 79-AAA-j ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulationEstimate tens of millions of speakers ⓘ
languageBranch Sinitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageGroup Min Chinese ⓘ
languageSubgroup Southern Min ⓘ
lessCloselyRelatedTo Cantonese ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
majorPhonologicalFeature checked tones ⓘ
distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
primaryRegion Quanzhou ⓘ
surface form: Quanzhou, Fujian

Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Xiamen ⓘ
surface form: Xiamen, Fujian

Zhangzhou ⓘ
surface form: Zhangzhou, Fujian

eastern Guangdong ⓘ
surface form: eastern Guangdong, China

southern Fujian, China ⓘ
spokenIn Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

China ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Indonesia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Macau ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Thailand ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
subclassOf Chinese language ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ
usedAs heritage language among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Hoklo people ⓘ
usedInDomain daily communication in Taiwan ⓘ
popular music in Taiwan ⓘ
traditional media in Taiwan ⓘ
usesRomanizationSystem Pe̍h-ōe-jī ⓘ
TLPA ⓘ
Taiwanese Romanization System ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Hokkien language → hasAlternativeName → Hoklo language ⓘ
Minnan language → hasAlternativeName → Hoklo language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hoklo
Hoklo language → hasAlternativeName → Hoklo language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hoklo