Hokkien language

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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.

Aliases (1)

Hokkien Chinese ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety → Sinitic language → Southern Min language →
closelyRelatedTo	Hainanese language → Teochew language →
hasAlternativeName	Fukien language → Hoklo language → Minnan language → 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	Southern Fujian →
spokenIn	Brunei → Fujian Province → Guangdong Province → Hainan Province → Hong Kong → Indonesia → Macau → Malaysia → Myanmar → Overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia → Philippines → Singapore → Taiwan → Thailand → Vietnam → Zhejiang Province →
subclassOf	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 (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cebuano language →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Riau Islands ("Hokkien Chinese") →	localLanguage