Mĭn Nán (Southern Min)

Mĭn Nán is spoken in the south of Fujian province, Guangdong province, southern Hainan Island, in the south of Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and also in Taiwan, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Hongkong, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. Mĭn is another name for Fujian province and Nán means 'south' or 'southern'.

Major dialects of Mĭn Nán include:

Xiàmén - subdialects include: Amoy and Fùjiàn (aka Fukien/Hokkien/Taiwanese)
Leizhou
Chao-Shan - subdialects include: Chaozhou (Teochiu/Teochew) and Shantou (Swatou)
Hăinán
Longdu
Zhenan Mín

Approximately 49 million people speak a dialect of Mĭn Nán.

Tower of Babel in Southern Min (Amoy dialect)

Links

Xiamen Missionary Romanisation System for certain Southern Min dialects
http://www.coastalfog.net/languages/xiarom.html

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