Taiwanese Hokkien

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Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Sinitic language
Southern Min language
alternativeName Taiwanese
Taiwanese Hoklo
Taiwanese Holo
Taiwanese Minnan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien

Taiwanese Southern Min
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
associatedEthnicGroup Hoklo people
Taiwanese people
linked to: Hoklo people
closelyRelatedTo Amoy Hokkien
Quanzhou dialect
Zhangzhou dialect
culturalRole heritage language of Hoklo people in Taiwan
marker of Taiwanese identity
differsFrom Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
glottocode taia1237
hasDialect Kaohsiung subvariety
Tainan subvariety
Taipei subvariety
Yilan subvariety
hasISOCode nan
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Classical Chinese
Dutch
English
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
hasMedia Taiwanese Hokkien TV channels
Taiwanese Hokkien radio stations
hasMorphologicalFeature analytic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
distinction between literary and colloquial readings
tone language
tone sandhi
hasSyntacticFeature SVO basic word order
sentence-final particles
topic-prominent structure
historicalOrigin Southern Fujian dialects
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
majorityLanguageIn southern Taiwan
majorVernacularIn Taiwan
migrationHistory brought to Taiwan by settlers from Fujian during Ming and Qing dynasties
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
numberOfSpeakersEstimate 15000000
officialStatus recognized as a national language in Taiwan
regulatedBy Ministry of Education of Taiwan
romanizationSystem Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Tailo
spokenIn Fujian Province
linked to: Fujian

Japan Taiwanese communities
Kinmen
Matsu Islands
Penghu Islands
Southeast Asian Chinese communities
Taiwan
United States Taiwanese communities
subfamily Chinese languages
Southern Min
usedFor daily communication in Taiwan
folk literature
popular music in Taiwan
radio broadcasting in Taiwan
religious practices in Taiwan
television dramas in Taiwan
traditional opera
usedInEducation local language education in Taiwan schools
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet

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Republic of China recognizedLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Governor-General of Taiwan languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Pescadores Islands languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Penghu Islands languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Hakka notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Min Nan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Fujian majorLocalLanguage Min Nan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Hokkien language subclassOf Min Nan language
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Hokkien language hasDialect Taiwanese Hokkien
Hokkien language hasAlternativeName Taiwanese (in Taiwan context)
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Kinmen commonSpokenLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Tainan languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
New Taipei City commonLanguages Taiwanese Hokkien
Ximending languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Keelung languageCommon Taiwanese Hokkien
Tsai Ing-wen languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
White Terror in Taiwan hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Eric Chu languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Min Chinese hasMajorVariety Min Nan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Min Chinese hasMajorVariety Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien alternativeName Taiwanese Minnan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien alternativeName Taiwanese Southern Min
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Pingtung County hasEthnicGroup Hoklo Taiwanese
subject linked to: Pingtung County, Taiwan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Pingtung County commonlySpokenLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
subject linked to: Pingtung County, Taiwan
Han Taiwanese language Taiwanese Hokkien
Han Taiwanese ethnicSubgroup Hoklo Taiwanese
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Hualien, Taiwan language Taiwanese Hokkien
Southern Taiwan language Taiwanese Hokkien
subject linked to: southern Taiwan
Atayalic languages threatenedBy Taiwanese Hokkien
Saisiyat language hasNeighboringLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Babuza language languageShiftTo Taiwanese Hokkien
Luilang language languageShiftTo Taiwanese Hokkien
Puyuma language shiftedTo Taiwanese Hokkien (for many speakers)
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Yami (Tao) languageShiftPressureFrom Taiwanese Southern Min
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Taitung County languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Yu Qingfang languageSpoken Hokkien (Taiwanese Minnan)
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Yami language usedAlongside Taiwanese Hokkien
Taoyuan City hasCommonLanguages Taiwanese Hokkien
Pescadores language Taiwanese Hokkien
Johnny Chiang languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Daxi District languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Kavalan language shiftedTo Taiwanese Hokkien
Magong localLanguages Taiwanese Hokkien
Wang-an Island languageUsed Taiwanese Hokkien
Xiyu Island hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien
Lien Chan ethnicGroup Hoklo Taiwanese
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Lien Chan languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Kejiahua distinctFrom Min Nan
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
Hung Hsiu-chu languageSpoken Taiwanese Hokkien
Baisha Island hasLanguage Taiwanese Hokkien