Min Nan

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Alternative forms

• Mǐn Nán
• Minnan
• Min-nan

Etymology

From Mandarin Chinese 閩南 / 闽南 (Mǐn Nán), "Southern Min" (i.e. south of the Min river in Fujian).

Proper noun

Min Nan

1. A group of local languages/dialects which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China. The most prominent dialects are Amoy (referred to as Taiwanese in Taiwan, and Hokkien in Southeast Asia), Teochew, and Qiongwen. It belongs to the Min dialect group of the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

Translations

the language

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 閩南語, 闽南语 (man5 naam4 jyu5)

  Mandarin: 閩南語 (cmn), 闽南语 (cmn) (Mǐnnányǔ)

  Min Nan: (Xiamen) 閩南語 (nan), 闽南语 (nan) (Bân-lâm-gú); (Zhangzhou) 閩南語 (nan), 闽南语 (nan) (Bân-lâm-gí)

• French: Minnan (fr) m
• German: Min Nan (de) n, Minnan (de) n
• Indonesian: bahasa Hokkien (id)

• Japanese: ミン南語 (ja) (ミンなんご, Minnan-go), 閩南語 (ja) (Binnan-go, Minnan-go)
• Khmer: មិងណាន (km) (ming nan)
• Korean: 민남어 (ko) (Minnam-eo)
• Limburgish: Minnan (li) n
• Portuguese: min nan (pt) m
• Russian: миньнань (ru) (min'nán') m, южноминьский (ru) (južnomín'skij) m
• Swedish: min nan (sv), minnan (sv), sydlig min (sv)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Mân Nam (vi)

Hokkien — see Hokkien

See also

• Hokkien
• Taiwanese

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Min Nan, nan