Minnan people

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The Minnan people are a Han Chinese subgroup from southern Fujian and surrounding regions, known for speaking the Minnan (Hokkien) language and for their widespread diaspora across Southeast Asia and beyond.

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Label Occurrences
Minnan people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Han Chinese subgroup
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Banlam people NERFINISHED
Hokkien people NERFINISHED
Hoklo people NERFINISHED
associatedWith Hokkien diaspora NERFINISHED
overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia
concentratedIn Quanzhou NERFINISHED
Xiamen NERFINISHED
Zhangzhou NERFINISHED
southern Fujian Golden Triangle NERFINISHED
cuisineTradition Fujian cuisine NERFINISHED
Minnan cuisine NERFINISHED
culturalPractice Minnan opera NERFINISHED
Nanyin music NERFINISHED
dragon dance
lion dance
diasporaPresenceIn Australia NERFINISHED
Canada NERFINISHED
Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Macau NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
economicRole commerce in Southeast Asia
maritime trade
ethnicallyPartOf Han Chinese NERFINISHED
historicalOrigin Fujian coastal trading communities
languageBranch Min Chinese NERFINISHED
languageFamily Sinitic languages
majorSubgroupOf Southern Han Chinese NERFINISHED
nativeTo China NERFINISHED
Fujian Province NERFINISHED
southern Fujian NERFINISHED
notableInfluenceOn Indonesian Chinese culture
Malaysian Chinese culture
Philippine Chinese culture
Singaporean Chinese culture
Taiwanese culture
primaryLanguage Hokkien language NERFINISHED
Minnan language NERFINISHED
Southern Min NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Cantonese people NERFINISHED
Fuzhou people
Hakka people NERFINISHED
Teochew people NERFINISHED
scriptUsedHistorically Chinese characters
significantPopulationIn Brunei NERFINISHED
Cambodia NERFINISHED
Chaoshan region NERFINISHED
Guangdong NERFINISHED
Hainan NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Malaysia NERFINISHED
Myanmar NERFINISHED
Philippines NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Taiwan NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED
traditionalReligion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion NERFINISHED
Mazu worship
Taoism NERFINISHED
ancestor worship
vernacularWritingSystem Pe̍h-ōe-jī NERFINISHED

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Hoklo people alsoKnownAs Minnan people