Southern Min

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Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 閩南 / 闽南 (Mǐnnán).

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Southern Min

  1. A group of local languages of Min Chinese, which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China.
  2. (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.

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