Min

E802136

Min is a major branch of the Chinese language family, encompassing diverse regional varieties spoken primarily in Fujian, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Min canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety group ⓘ
Sinitic language branch ⓘ
distinctFrom Hakka Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Hakka language

Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Wu Chinese ⓘ
Yue Chinese ⓘ
hasAncestor Middle Chinese ⓘ
Old Chinese ⓘ
hasFeature conservative phonological features ⓘ
high internal dialect diversity ⓘ
lexical items not shared with Mandarin ⓘ
mutual unintelligibility among many Min varieties ⓘ
hasISOClassification multiple ISO 639-3 codes for its varieties ⓘ
hasMajorVariety Central Min ⓘ
Chaoshan ⓘ
Datian Min ⓘ
Eastern Min ⓘ
Fuzhou dialect ⓘ
Hainanese ⓘ
Hokkien ⓘ
Jian’ou dialect ⓘ
Leizhou Min ⓘ
Min Bei ⓘ
Min Dong ⓘ
Min Nan ⓘ
Northern Min ⓘ
Pu-Xian Min ⓘ
Puxian dialect ⓘ
Qiong-Lei Min ⓘ
Shaojiang Min ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
Teochew ⓘ
Zhongshan Min ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
languageBranch Sinitic ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
partOf Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
regionOfOrigin Fujian ⓘ
southeastern China ⓘ
spokenIn Australia ⓘ
Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Canada ⓘ
Fujian Province ⓘ
linked to: Fujian

Guangdong Province ⓘ
Hainan Province ⓘ
linked to: Hainan

Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Indonesia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Jiangxi Province ⓘ
Macau ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam

Zhejiang Province ⓘ
subclassOf Chinese language ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
usedBy Han Chinese ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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