Xiamen dialect

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The Xiamen dialect is a Southern Min variety spoken in and around the city of Xiamen in Fujian, China, and is historically influential as a prestige form of Hokkien used in trade and culture across Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Xiamen dialect canonical 8
Amoy dialect 3
Xiamen Hokkien 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese topolect ⓘ
Hokkien variety ⓘ
Southern Min dialect ⓘ
alternativeName Amoy Hokkien ⓘ
Amoy dialect ⓘ
linked to: Amoy Hokkien
closelyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ
country China ⓘ
hasFeature extensive tone sandhi rules ⓘ
literary-colloquial vocabulary doublets ⓘ
hasPrestigeStatus prestige variety of Hokkien ⓘ
historicalCenter port city of Xiamen ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor Christian missionary work ⓘ
education in overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
literature ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
influenced Medan Hokkien ⓘ
Penang Hokkien ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien ⓘ
Singapore Hokkien ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Southern Min) ⓘ
languageBranch Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageGroup Min Chinese ⓘ
languageSubgroup Southern Min ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
phonologicalFeature checked tones ⓘ
distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ
tone sandhi system ⓘ
region Xiamen metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen

southern Fujian ⓘ
romanizationSystem POJ-based schemes ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī ⓘ
TLPA ⓘ
spokenIn Fujian Province ⓘ
linked to: Fujian

Kinmen ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Southeast Asia ⓘ
Xiamen ⓘ
standardFor Amoy Hokkien ⓘ
many overseas Hokkien communities ⓘ
subclassOf Hokkien ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ
usedBy Hokkien ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Hokkien people
usedIn Xiamen local media ⓘ
traditional opera (Liyuan opera and related forms) ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin alphabet (romanization) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokkien language → hasDialect → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Southern Min → hasVariety → Amoy dialect ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Quanzhou dialect → historicallyInfluenced → Amoy dialect ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Quanzhou dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Minnan language → hasMajorDialect → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect → influenced → Amoy dialect ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Zhangzhou dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Philippine Hokkien → closelyRelatedTo → Xiamen Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Amoy Hokkien → nativeName → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Amoy Hokkien → alternativeName → Xiamen Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Amoy Hokkien → alternativeName → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Amoy Hokkien → alternativeName → 厦门话 ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Banlam → hasDialect → Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Kinmen dialect of Hokkien → historicallyRelatedTo → Xiamen dialect of Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
Kinmen dialect of Hokkien → influencedBy → Xiamen Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect