Hokkien language

E45641

The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hokkien Chinese 4
Hokkien language canonical 2
Hokkienese 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Sinitic language
Southern Min language
closelyRelatedTo Hainanese language
Teochew language
linked to: Teochew
hasAlternativeName Fukien language
Hoklo language
Minnan language
Taiwanese (in Taiwan context)
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
hasCulturalRole lingua franca of Southern Fujian diaspora
major language of Taiwanese Hokklo people
hasDialect Amoy dialect
Medan Hokkien
Penang Hokkien
Philippine Hokkien
Quanzhou dialect
Singapore Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien
Xiamen dialect
Zhangzhou dialect
hasGrammaticalFeature SVO basic word order
classifier system
use of sentence-final particles
hasPhonologicalFeature checked tones
distinction between literary and colloquial readings
tone language
tone sandhi
hasStandardForm Amoy-based standard Hokkien
Taiwanese prestige variety
historicalCenter Quanzhou
Xiamen
Zhangzhou
influenced Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish)
Indonesian loanwords
Malay loanwords
Philippine languages loanwords
Singaporean Mandarin vocabulary
Taiwanese popular culture
ISO639-3Code nan
languageBranch Chinese
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
originatesFrom Southern Fujian
linked to: Zhangzhou
spokenIn Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Fujian Province
linked to: Fujian

Guangdong Province
Hainan Province
linked to: Hainan

Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Indonesia
Macau
Malaysia
Myanmar
Overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam

Zhejiang Province
subclassOf Min Nan language
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
usedByEthnicGroup Hoklo people
Southern Min Chinese
usedIn Taiwanese Hokkien pop music
Taiwanese opera
local media in Taiwan
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Taiwanese Romanization System

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Cebuano language hasLoanwordsFrom Hokkien language
Riau Islands localLanguage Hokkien Chinese
linked to: Hokkien language
Asian Portuguese hasInfluenceFrom Hokkien language
Betawi Malay hasInfluenceFrom Hokkien Chinese
linked to: Hokkien language
Cocos Malay hasInfluenceFrom Hokkien Chinese
linked to: Hokkien language
Penang Hokkien hasInfluenceFrom Standard Hokkien
linked to: Hokkien language
Old Phuket Town hasCulturalInfluence Hokkien Chinese
linked to: Hokkien language
Hokkien hasAlternativeName Hokkienese
linked to: Hokkien language