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	Min Nan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Min Nan, Minnan, or Min-nan (Simplified Chinese: 闽南语; Traditional Chinese: 閩南語; pinyin: Mǐnnányǔ; POJ: Bân-lâm-gú; "Southern Min" or "Southern Fujian" language) or Hokkien is the Chinese language/dialect spoken in southern Fujian province, China and neighboring areas, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora.
		In the region it is commonly known as Hokkien or Hokkienese.
		Xiamen and the Amoy dialect have played an influential role in history, especially in the relations of Western nations with China, and was one of the most frequently learned of all Chinese languages/dialects by Westerners during the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hokkien_(dialect) (1195 words)

	shantou - Page: 3 of 46
		Today, the region near Shantou that is populated by the Chaozhous is referred to as the Chaoshan (or the 'mountains of Chao') region.
		Over time, the Hokkien dialect used by these migrants evolved into the Chaozhou tongue that is spoken today.
		The dialect spoken around the Shantou area is considered the linguistic standard.
	members.cox.net /amyeldridge/shantou_003.htm (450 words)

	Penang Hokkien - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Strictly speaking, it should be known as Southern Hokkien to distinguish it from Minbei (Northern Min), the language of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.
		In Southeast Asia, similar dialects are spoken in the states bordering Penang, and in Medan and Port Klang.
		However, as in the Zhangzhou dialect the two Qu tones are virtually identical, except in their sandhi forms.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Penang_Hokkien (541 words)

	Hokkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hokkien (dialect) : a Chinese dialect, a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese
		Taiwan Hokkien A cultural summary of the Hokkien-speaking peasant villagers of Taiwan.
		Hokkien Martial Arts Chinese Kempo Karate from Professor Walter Godin's lineage and Modern Arnis from Grandmaster Remy Presas's lineage including basics, self-defense, forms and weapons are taught in Topeka, Kansas.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Hokkien.html (183 words)

	penang hokkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Penang Hokkien is a local variant of Minnan (Southern Min) spoken in Penang, Malaysia.
		Minnan is one of the sub-languages of the Chinese language and is mainly spoken in southern Fujian and Taiwan.
		Like in other Minnan dialects, the tone of a syllable in Penang Hokkien depends on where in a phrase or sentence the relevant syllable is placed.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /penang_hokkien.html (570 words)

	Chinese in Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike the Hokkien, Teochew and the Hainanese, the Cantonese speak a dialect belonging to the Yue family.
		Since their dialect was initially somewhat intelligible to Mandarin, although strongly influenced by Min-nan and Yue, they were believed to have migrated from Northern China between the 16th and the 17th century.
		They can all speak Mandarin Chinese, the lingua franca among all the Chinese dialects, but may be able to speak their own dialects as well, though their own dialects are rarely used in daily life even among those from the same region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_in_Singapore (3975 words)

	The Hokkien Chinese dialect as it is spoken on Penang Island is an
		The Hokkien Chinese dialect as it is spoken on Penang Island is an "oral" language.
		The Hokkien Chinese dialect as it is spoken in Penang and upon the Jetty is differs from the Hokkien dialects found in Singapore, Taiwan and the province of China in which Amoy is situated.
		This dialectal variation is significant in understanding the restructuring that a local language goes through, and significant dialectal differences in the replacement of basic terms, form of grammatical construction and sound shifts can be demonstrated even between sister communities of Hokkien Chinese within Malaysia.
	www.lewismicropublishing.com /Publications/HokkienEnglish/HokkienEnglishText.htm (1587 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hokkien
		The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese
		It derives from the pronunciation found in the Fujian language of Hokkien (dialect).
		Min (閩方言 in pinyin: min3 fang1 yan2) is a general term for a group of dialects of the Chinese language spoken in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian as well as by migrants from this province in Guangdong (around Chaozhou-Swatou, and Leizhou peninsula), Hainan, three counties in southern Zhejiang...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hokkien (436 words)

	The Diminishing Chinese Dialects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rapid urbanization and higher education are eradicating the Chinese dialects in China.
		Ai-Cham is found in the Libo County of the Qiannan Buyi-Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Southern Guizhou Province, Bela is found in the Yunnan Province, Daur is found along the border of Heilongjiang Province and Inner Mongolia, and Nusu is found in the Bijiang County in Nujiang Prefecture of northwestern Nusu.
		One factor could be the media's exaggerated portrayal of the crudeness of the dialects, resulting in many "decent" people refusing to speak dialect for fear of being deemed as profane.
	www.geocities.com /gavin813/Articles_files/The_Diminishing_Chinese_Dialects.htm (469 words)

	Hokkien (dialect) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As with all other varieties of Chinese, there is plenty of dispute as to whether Min Nan is a language or a dialect.
		As Xiamen (Amoy) is the principal city of southern Fujian, its dialect is considered the most important variant.
		Teochew dialect tones are very different from other Min Nan.
	www.stardustmemories.com /search/encyclopedia/Hokkien_%28dialect%29 (779 words)

	Hokkien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Min Nan, also known a "Hokkien", a Chinese spoken variant, also called "Minnan", "Min nan", "Min Nan" or "Minnanhua" (meaning Southern Fujian)
		There is a large number of Hokkien descendants in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hokkien (128 words)

	Jordan's China Handbook: The Chinese Language(s)
		The Mĭnnán or Hokkien language consists of a family of Chinese dialects spoken in southern Fújiàn province and among Diaspora communities of Fújiàn origin.
		Because Hokkien speakers in Táiwān have origins in a number of different dialect areas of southern Fújiàn, Taiwanese Hokkien reflects both dialectical differences found in Fújiàn and dialectical differentiation developed in Táiwān itself during the three centuries that Hokkien speakers have lived there.
		In fact it is not clear that the Hokkien expression bú-chhin was ever a colloquial term of address in Hokkien during the period of her three incarnations.
	weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/chin/hbchilang-u.html (6779 words)

	Hokkien (dialect) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Northern and Southern Min can be grouped together as Min.Both are often classified as dialects of the Chinese language (itself part of the Sino-Tibetan language family).
		Like all other varieties of Chinese, there is plenty of disputeas to whether Min Nan is a language or a dialect.
		There are three main dialects of Min Nan in southern Fujian, corresponding to theareas of:
	www.therfcc.org /hokkien-dialect--103211.html (444 words)

	Did Qin Emperor speak mandarin - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
		Mandarin is the northern Chinese Beijing dialect, known as Putonghua in mainland China and Guoyu in Taiwan.
		These dialects are closer to the original Chinese language because the northern dialect has been influenced by the languages of peoples like the Jurchen, Mongols and Manchus.
		I think Ming and Ching continued to use Mandarin as the official dialect (of course Manchurian was also used in Ching; Manchurian might have also influenced Mandarin.) Sun Yat Sen chose Mandarin as the official dialect of the Republic of China (despite the fact that he was Cantonese.) PRC kept Mandarin as the official dialect.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=226 (3292 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:nan
		Shantou and Chenhai varieties of the Chao-shan dialect are considered to be cultured.
		Population includes 736,000 speakers of Hokkien, 28.8% of the population (1993), 360,000 speakers of Teochew (1985), 14.2% of the population (1993); 74,000 speakers of Hainanese (1985), 2.9% of the population (1993).
		The Hokkien dialect is the most widely understood in Singapore (Kuo 1979).
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=nan (407 words)

	Dialects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In reality, the region is home to a number of dialects under the Yue speech group, of which urban Cantonese (the form found in the city of Guanzhou and its vicinity) is one of them.
		This explained why the Hainanese dialect is linguistically part of the Min speech group; to which the Fujian dialects and Teochew also belong.
		The Hokchiu dialect is a member of the Eastern Min speech subgroup.
	www.post1.com /home/zhuangfu/dialects.htm (2612 words)

	Hokkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She could have used her Penang dialect, Hokkien to communicate with them.
		Only two totok and one non- Hokkien (a Hakka) appear on the list, hardly a surprising situation because Hokkiens were the best-established Chinese...
		The Hokkien, for instance, would only vote for Hokkien candidates to fill the number of seats the...
	taiwanese.encyclopedia.st /Hokkien (315 words)

	AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> What's the difference between these 2? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I'm going to assume that you mean Taiwanese the language, so the quick answer is that Hokkien and Taiwanese are not Mandarin but actually at all but languages in the Min family (Min Nan dialect to be precise), and they are very similar dialects to each other.
		Hokkien is a part of Min Nan, a branch of the Min languages.
		Hokkien and Taiwanese are classified as Min Nan, which is a dialect of the Min language cluster.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=678892 (2137 words)

	How well do you know your Singlish?
		Derived from the Hokkien dialect meaning afraid to lose out to others or not to lose face.
		Derived from the Hokkien dialect meaning ugly or outdated.
		Derived from the Hokkien dialect meaning embarrassed or shy.
	members.tripod.com /sotongs/singlish.html (531 words)

	Tsinoy.com Forum - Chinese dialects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I think they should also teach Hokkien, as many of the chinese migrants in the philippines are from the fujian province or somewhere near there (correct me if I'm wrong..
		Different dialects have different names for the other dialects, if I am right hokkien is just the way the people speaking it call it.
		Though right now my ability to READ Chinese words in Hokkien has improved a lot, thanks to church hymns that has to be sung in Hokkien, as well as hearing others read Bible verses aloud in Hokkien.
	www.tsinoy.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1185 (1301 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| TOP STORIES > Language quirks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The word “rooster” is gong qi in Mandarin, or the national language of China, but it is kue kak in Hokkien, the dialect of Fujian province, where 90 percent of the Chinese in the Philippines come from and speak it as their lingua franca.
		A tigress is mu fu or female tiger in Mandarin and ho bu, tiger female, in Hokkien.
		• Horse: Gong ma for male horse in Mandarin, be kang, horse male, in Hokkien; mu ma for mare, or female horse, in Mandarin; and in be bu, horse female, in Hokkien.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/jun/04/yehey/top_stories/20050604top9.html (540 words)

	Who were the Cantonese (Guandong Ren/Tang Ren)? - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
		Basically before 1911, different regions speak their own dialects and the communication proves to be rather cumbersome, despite the fact that the written language was already unified by Qinshihuang in 221BC.
		In Taiwan, the "Min Nan" dialect is called "Taiwanese"(台語), which IMO is not correct, because the Min Nan dialect originated from Fujian province and not from Taiwan.
		Hokkien people are the largest chinese group in Singapore (around 40%), and many of the Singaporean chinese's ancestors came from Fujian province.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=211 (2317 words)

	Ethnologue: Indonesia, Java, Bali
		Reported to be two distinct dialects: High Balinese is used in religion, but those who can handle it are diminishing.
		West Javanese dialects: Banten, Cirebon, Tegal; central Javanese dialect: Solo in Yogyakarta; East Javanese dialects: Surabaya, Malang-Pasuruan.
		There is a dialect continuum with no hard divisions.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/IndJ.html (748 words)

	MixedAsian
		Dialect romanizations are non-standard, not likely to be understood except for common terms even by speakers of the dialect in question, usually incomprehensible even for common terms by people who don't speak your dialect (e.g.
		Some have suggested developing standard romanizations as a way of promoting various dialects, most notably, Hokkien as spoken in Taiwan.
		Worse, it's equally disadvantageous to speakers of other Chinese dialects who want to learn Hokkien, since they won't even be able to start to guess at the meaning of something like that until they're already fluent in Hokkien, unlike what would be the case if you just wrote in Chinese characters.
	mixedasian.blogspot.com /2003_03_30_mixedasian_archive.html (2447 words)

	Penang Hokkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The (infamous bao ga liao, Hokkien for all covered-up) author didn't seem to flinch a bit and gamely posed for...
		I told him I could speak Hokkien but not Cantonese,â she explained.
		40 per cent of Betong's population of 50,000 are ethnic Hokkien Chinese, with...
	www.wikiverse.org /penang-hokkien (674 words)

	FABULOUS REVIEW: MR BENG by Drama Box
		As such, an underlying suggestion of East-West dialectic surfaces, with the west portrayed as evil and the east as good.
		On the other hand, there were times when the Hokkien lyrics did not flow smoothly with the rest of the English and Mandarin lyrics, rendering some songs awkward.
		The use of the Hokkien dialect was relegated to a comic device.
	inkpot.com /theatre/99reviews/99revmrbeng.html (660 words)

	ministries - Hokkien Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Hokkien Ministry in the Church of Singapore (Bukit Timah) is a ministry tailored to reach out the Hokkien speaking community who are not literate in English and Chinese but can only speak and understand the Hokkien dialect.
		We aim to help them to become a victorious Christian using Hokkien as a medium of instruction.
		These groups meet to allow the senior citizens to express themselves in evangelism, praise and worship, study the word of God and minister to one another.
	www.cosbt.org.sg /ministries/hokkien.htm (318 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:CFR
		Speakers report Hokkien and Teochew to be intelligible with each other, but not Hainanese.
		Hokkien is the most widely understood language in Singapore (Kuo 1979).
		Taiwanese is close to Amoy dialect; intelligibility is not very difficult.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=CFR (332 words)

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