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Etymology
From Mandarin Chinese �� / �� (M�n Nán), "Southern Min" (i.e. south of the w:Minjiang River (Fujian)|Min river in w:Fujian|Fujian).

Proper noun
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1. M�n Nán (Simplified Chinese: ��语, Traditional Chinese: ���), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan in English; native name Bân-lâm-gú. It refers to a group of local languages/dialects which can trace their origins to southern w:Fujian|Fujian province, China. The most prominent dialects are w:Amoy (linguistics)|Amoy (referred to as w:Taiwanese (linguistics)|Taiwanese in Taiwan, and Hokkien in Southeast Asia), w:Teochew (dialect)|Teochew, and w:Qiongwen|Qiongwen. It belongs to the w:Min (linguistics)|Min dialect group of the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

Translations
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Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|���|��语 (M�nnány�)
:Min Nan: (w:Xiamen|Xiamen) Bân-lâm-gú; (w:Zhangzhou|Zhangzhou) Bân-lâm-gí
French: Minnan
Indonesian: bahasa Hokkien
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Japanese: ���� (�����, minnan-go)
Korean: 민�� (minnam-eo)
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See also
Hokkien
Taiwanese
External links
ethnologue|code=nan

Category:Min Nan
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