Southern Min
English
editEtymology
editPartial calque of Chinese 閩南/闽南 (Mǐnnán).
Proper noun
edit- A group of local languages of Min Chinese, which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China.
- (loosely) Hokkien, including Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien and other varieties in Southeast Asia.
- 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History[1], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page xi:
- To truly complete the journey and discover the roots of Taiwan’s southern Min majority one would have to travel to the P’eng-hu islands (Pescadores) and then still farther west to the shores of southern Fukien and the cities and towns along the province’s east-facing coast, which is where new history of Taiwan begins.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editthe language
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Hokkien — see Hokkien