Hokkien language

E45641
Chinese language variety Sinitic language Southern Min language

The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hokkien Chinese 4
Hokkien language canonical 2
Hokkienese 1

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ
Southern Min language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hainanese language ⓘ
Teochew ⓘ
surface form: Teochew language
hasAlternativeName Fukien language ⓘ
Hoklo language ⓘ
Minnan language ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Taiwanese (in Taiwan context)
hasCulturalRole lingua franca of Southern Fujian diaspora ⓘ
major language of Taiwanese Hokklo people ⓘ
hasDialect Amoy dialect ⓘ
Medan Hokkien ⓘ
Penang Hokkien ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien ⓘ
Quanzhou dialect ⓘ
Singapore Hokkien ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
classifier system ⓘ
use of sentence-final particles ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones ⓘ
distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
tone sandhi ⓘ
hasStandardForm Amoy-based standard Hokkien ⓘ
Taiwanese prestige variety ⓘ
historicalCenter Quanzhou ⓘ
Xiamen ⓘ
Zhangzhou ⓘ
influenced Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish) ⓘ
Indonesian loanwords ⓘ
Malay loanwords ⓘ
Philippine languages loanwords ⓘ
Singaporean Mandarin vocabulary ⓘ
Taiwanese popular culture ⓘ
ISO639-3Code nan ⓘ
languageBranch Chinese ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
originatesFrom Zhangzhou ⓘ
surface form: Southern Fujian
spokenIn Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Fujian ⓘ
surface form: Fujian Province

Guangdong Province ⓘ
Hainan ⓘ
surface form: Hainan Province

Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Indonesia ⓘ
Macau ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Zhejiang Province ⓘ
subclassOf Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Min Nan language
usedByEthnicGroup Hoklo people ⓘ
Southern Min Chinese ⓘ
usedIn Taiwanese Hokkien pop music ⓘ
Taiwanese opera ⓘ
local media in Taiwan ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī ⓘ
Taiwanese Romanization System ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Cebuano language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Hokkien language ⓘ
Riau Islands → localLanguage → Hokkien language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hokkien Chinese
Asian Portuguese → hasInfluenceFrom → Hokkien language ⓘ
Betawi Malay → hasInfluenceFrom → Hokkien language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hokkien Chinese
Cocos Malay → hasInfluenceFrom → Hokkien language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hokkien Chinese
Penang Hokkien → hasInfluenceFrom → Hokkien language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Hokkien
Old Phuket Town → hasCulturalInfluence → Hokkien language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hokkien Chinese
Hokkien → hasAlternativeName → Hokkien language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hokkienese