Southern Fujian dialects

E453789

Southern Fujian dialects are a group of closely related Min Chinese varieties from China’s southern Fujian region that form the linguistic basis for Taiwanese Hokkien and several other overseas Chinese speech communities.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Min Chinese variety ⓘ
group of Sinitic language varieties ⓘ
associatedWith Hokkien people ⓘ
Minnan culture ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hokkien of southern Fujian ⓘ
Minnan dialects of southern Fujian ⓘ
Southern Min of southern Fujian ⓘ
hasMajorVariety Quanzhou dialect ⓘ
Xiamen dialect ⓘ
Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ
hasRomanization POJ-based schemes ⓘ
Pe̍h-ōe-jī ⓘ
TLPA ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
historicalOrigin coastal Fujian ⓘ
languageBranch Min ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
lexicalFeature extensive Min-specific vocabulary ⓘ
retention of archaic Chinese words ⓘ
linguisticBasisFor Hokkien in Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Hokkien

Indonesian Hokkien ⓘ
Malaysian Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Penang Hokkien

Philippine Hokkien ⓘ
Singapore Hokkien ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible internally ⓘ
partially intelligible with other Southern Min varieties ⓘ
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese ⓘ
Hakka ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
partOf Chinese languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language

Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
phonologicalFeature checked tones ⓘ
distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
tone sandhi ⓘ
spokenIn Fujian Province ⓘ
linked to: Fujian

Quanzhou ⓘ
Xiamen ⓘ
Zhangzhou ⓘ
southern Fujian ⓘ
subclassOf Min Nan ⓘ
linked to: Teochew

Southern Min ⓘ
usedBy overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia ⓘ
usedIn religious practices in Minnan temples ⓘ
trade and commerce in southern Fujian ⓘ
traditional opera such as Liyuan opera ⓘ

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

Taiwanese Hokkien → historicalOrigin → Southern Fujian dialects ⓘ
Southern Min → hasAlternativeName → Southern Fujian dialects ⓘ
nan → appliesTo → Southern Min dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Medan Hokkien → derivedFrom → Hokkien dialects of Fujian ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Hoklo people → primaryRegion → southern Fujian ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Zhangzhou dialect → region → Southern Fujian ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Zhangzhou dialect → partOf → Southern Min dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Meizhou Island → region → Southern Fujian cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Jinmen County → belongsTo → Fujian cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Xiang'an District → region → Southern Fujian ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects
Southern Fujian dialects → hasAlternativeName → Southern Min of southern Fujian ⓘ
linked to: Southern Fujian dialects