"Min Nan" meaning in English

See Min Nan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 閩南語/闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|閩南語}} 閩南語/闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Min Nan}} Min Nan
  1. A group of local languages/dialects which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China. In common parlance, Southern Min usually refers to Hokkien, which includes Amoy dialect, Taiwanese Hokkien and other varieties in Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Min dialect group of the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Southern Min [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Mǐn Nán, Minnan, Min-nan Related terms: Hokkien, Taiwanese, Wiktionary’s coverage of Min Nan terms Translations (the language): 閩南語 (Chinese Cantonese), 闽南语 (man⁵ naam⁴ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 閩南話 (Chinese Cantonese), 闽南话 (alt: man⁵ naam⁴ waa⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 閩南語 (Chinese Mandarin), 闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 閩南話 (Chinese Mandarin), 闽南话 (Mǐnnánhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), minnanne (Farefare), Minnan [masculine] (French), Min Nan [neuter] (German), Minnan [neuter] (German), 學老話 (Hakka Chinese), 学老话 (Ho̍k-ló-fa) (Hakka Chinese), 閩南話 (Hakka Chinese), 闽南话 (Mén-nàm-fa) (Hakka Chinese), bahasa Hokkien (Indonesian), ミン南語 (minnango) (alt: ミンなんご) (Japanese), 閩南語 (binnango, minnango) (Japanese), មិងណាន (ming nan) (Khmer), ត្បូងមិន (tboungmɨn) (Khmer), 민남어 (minnameo) (Korean), Minnan [neuter] (Limburgish), 閩南語 [Xiamen] (Min Nan Chinese), 闽南语 (Bân-lâm-gú) (Min Nan Chinese), 閩南語 [Zhangzhou] (Min Nan Chinese), 闽南语 (Bân-lâm-gí) (Min Nan Chinese), minnan [masculine] (Portuguese), миньна́нь (minʹnánʹ) [masculine] (Russian), южноми́ньский (južnomínʹskij) [masculine] (Russian), Soothren Min (Scots), min nan [masculine] (Spanish), min nan (Swedish), minnan (Swedish), sydlig min (Swedish), หมิ่นใต้ (Thai), tiếng Mân Nam (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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