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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.