Min Chinese speakers

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Min-speaking peoples (simplified Chinese: 闽民系; traditional Chinese: 閩民系; pinyin: Mǐn mínxì) are a major subgroup of the Han Chinese (also known as the ethnic Chinese) (115 Million) (Min Chinese). They are a Min Chinese-speaking people that mainly live in Fujian, Hainan, Southern Zhejiang and Guangdong province's Leizhou and Chaoshan regions. In the Chinese diaspora, they form the majority of people in Taiwan and the majority of Han Chinese in some Southeast Asian countries, specifically Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The first two countries have majority Teochew-speaking Chinese minorities, whereas the last four house Min Nan-speaking Chinese minorities.

Subgroups[]

A turtle-back tomb surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped or Ω-shaped ridge, the traditional burial style of Southern Fujian.^[1]

Fujian[]

• Min Bei people 閩北人 (Min Bei)
• Fuzhou people 福州人 (Min Dong)
• Putian people 莆田人 (Pu-Xian)
• Holoh people 閩南人 (Min Nan)

Guangdong[]

• Teochew people 潮州人 (Chao-Shan)
• Leizhou people 雷州人 (Qiong–Lei)

Zhejiang[]

• Zhenan Min Hokkien (Min Nan)

Hainan[]

• Hainanese people 海南人 (Qiong–Lei)

Taiwan[]

• Hoklo Taiwanese (Min Nan)

Philippines[]

• Lannang-Oe (Min Nan)

See also[]

• Chinese people
• Han Chinese
• Min Chinese

References[]

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