Minnan

E759804

Chinese language variety Sinitic language spoken language

Minnan is a major Sinitic language variety spoken primarily in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Minnan (Hokkien)	7
Minnan canonical	2

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety ⓘ Sinitic language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Chaoshan dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ Teochew NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoklo NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese (in Taiwan context) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialect	Amoy dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Medan Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Penang Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Quanzhou dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhangzhou dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	extensive diaspora usage in Southeast Asia ⓘ rich literary tradition in vernacular writing ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	checked tones ⓘ distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ tone language ⓘ tone sandhi ⓘ
languageBranch	Sinitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
majorCenter	Kaohsiung NERFINISHED ⓘ Tainan NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiamen NERFINISHED ⓘ
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Quanzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Southern Fujian NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiamen NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
romanization	POJ NERFINISHED ⓘ Pe̍h-ōe-jī NERFINISHED ⓘ TLPA NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese Romanization System NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInCountry	Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Min Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Min NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Hokkien people NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Min speakers ⓘ
usedIn	Hokkien drama ⓘ Taiwanese opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese popular music ⓘ
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ