Kinmen dialect of Hokkien

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The Kinmen dialect of Hokkien is a regional variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken on Kinmen Island, closely related to Taiwanese Hokkien but preserving several older phonological and lexical features.

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Label Occurrences
Kinmen dialect of Hokkien canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect
Southern Min variety
regional language variety
associatedWith Kinmen cultural identity
closelyRelatedTo Taiwanese Hokkien NERFINISHED
coexistsWith Mandarin in Kinmen NERFINISHED
comparedWith Taiwanese Hokkien in linguistic research
country Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
distinctFrom Cantonese NERFINISHED
Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED
Teochew NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Kinmen Hokkien NERFINISHED
Kinmen Minnan NERFINISHED
hasFeature conservative pronunciation compared to urban Xiamen
lexical items not common in modern Taiwanese Hokkien
mutual intelligibility with Taiwanese Hokkien
tone system similar to Quanzhou-type Hokkien
hasPhonology Southern Min-type phonology NERFINISHED
checked tones in entering syllables
hasSociolinguisticStatus local vernacular in Kinmen
historicallyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect of Hokkien NERFINISHED
Xiamen dialect of Hokkien NERFINISHED
influencedBy Quanzhou Hokkien NERFINISHED
Xiamen Hokkien NERFINISHED
influences Taiwanese Hokkien spoken by Kinmen migrants
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code from Southern Min
languageBranch Sinitic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageGroup Southern Min NERFINISHED
linguisticClassification Min Nan NERFINISHED
preservesFeature older lexical items of Southern Min
older phonological features of Southern Min
region Fujian region NERFINISHED
sharesFeaturesWith Taiwanese Hokkien NERFINISHED
spokenIn Kinmen County NERFINISHED
Kinmen Island NERFINISHED
subclassOf Hokkien NERFINISHED
Southern Min NERFINISHED
subjectOf dialectological studies of Southern Min
usedBy local population of Kinmen
older generations in Kinmen more than younger speakers
usedIn daily communication in Kinmen
local culture of Kinmen
oral traditions in Kinmen
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin-based romanization systems

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Jincheng Township hasLocalLanguage Kinmen dialect of Hokkien