Kinmen dialect of Hokkien

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The Kinmen dialect of Hokkien is a regional variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken on Kinmen Island, closely related to Taiwanese Hokkien but preserving several older phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kinmen dialect of Hokkien canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect ⓘ
Southern Min variety ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ
associatedWith Kinmen cultural identity ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
coexistsWith Mandarin in Kinmen ⓘ
comparedWith Taiwanese Hokkien in linguistic research ⓘ
country Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China
distinctFrom Cantonese ⓘ
Standard Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Standard Chinese

Teochew ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kinmen Hokkien ⓘ
Kinmen Minnan ⓘ
linked to: Kinmen Hokkien
hasFeature conservative pronunciation compared to urban Xiamen ⓘ
lexical items not common in modern Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
mutual intelligibility with Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
tone system similar to Quanzhou-type Hokkien ⓘ
hasPhonology Southern Min-type phonology ⓘ
checked tones in entering syllables ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus local vernacular in Kinmen ⓘ
historicallyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect of Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Quanzhou dialect

Xiamen dialect of Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
influencedBy Quanzhou Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Quanzhou dialect

Xiamen Hokkien ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen dialect
influences Taiwanese Hokkien spoken by Kinmen migrants ⓘ
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code from Southern Min ⓘ
languageBranch Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageGroup Southern Min ⓘ
linguisticClassification Min Nan ⓘ
preservesFeature older lexical items of Southern Min ⓘ
older phonological features of Southern Min ⓘ
region Fujian region ⓘ
linked to: Fujian
sharesFeaturesWith Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
spokenIn Kinmen County ⓘ
linked to: Kinmen

Kinmen Island ⓘ
linked to: Kinmen
subclassOf Hokkien ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ
subjectOf dialectological studies of Southern Min ⓘ
usedBy local population of Kinmen ⓘ
older generations in Kinmen more than younger speakers ⓘ
usedIn daily communication in Kinmen ⓘ
local culture of Kinmen ⓘ
oral traditions in Kinmen ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin-based romanization systems ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Jincheng Township → hasLocalLanguage → Kinmen dialect of Hokkien ⓘ