Hokkien
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Hokkien ( HOK-ee-en, US also HOH-kee-en) is a variety of the Southern Min group of Chinese languages. Native to and originating from the Minnan region in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern China, it is also referred to as Quanzhang (Chinese: 泉漳; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Choân-chiang), from the first characters of the urban centers of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. Taiwanese Hokkien is one of the national
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| Hokkien | |
|---|---|
| Min Nan, Quanzhang, Amoy | |
 Koa-á books featuring Hokkien written in Chinese characters | |
| Region | China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia |
| Ethnicity | Hokkien / Hoklo people |
Native speakers | tens of millions (est.) |
Early forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Taiwan |
| Regulated by | Taiwan Ministry of Education |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nan (as part of Southern Min) |
| Glottolog | hokk1242 |
 Distribution of Southern Min languages, with Hokkien in dark green | |
 Polities by number of Hokkien speakers
≥1,000,000
≥500,000
≥100,000
≥50,000
Significant minority populations | |
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